本刊讯2014年2月至今,西非暴发了自1976年以来程度最严重、规模最大和情况最复杂的一次埃博拉疫情,此次疫情最初始于几内亚,随后蔓延至塞拉利昂、利比里亚及尼日利亚。据WHO统计,截止到8月底已造成3700多个疑似/确诊病例,1800多人死亡,其中包括120多名参与控制疫情的卫生工作者,超过40%的病例出现在最近21天内。 From February 2014 to the present, West Africa has erupted once again the most serious, the largest and the most complex of the Ebola outbreak since 1976, the most initial of which originated in Guinea and subsequently spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria. According to WHO statistics, more than 3,700 suspected / confirmed cases and over 1,800 deaths have been reported as of the end of August, including more than 120 health workers involved in controlling the epidemic, with more than 40% of cases occurring within the last 21 days.