title: Time to put Ebola in context. Interview with Dr Melissa Leach.
abstract: Viruses that cause haemorrhagic fevers have been popularized by the media as fierce predators that threaten to devastate global populations. Professor Melissa Leach says there is much to learn from combining local and scientific knowledge in dealing with these deadly pathogens.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leach
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D014943:Global Health; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007835:Lassa Fever / Q000453:epidemiology