title: Update: Ebola virus disease epidemic--West Africa, November 2014.
abstract: CDC is assisting ministries of health and working with other organizations to end the ongoing epidemic of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in West Africa. The updated data in this report were compiled from situation reports from the Guinea Interministerial Committee for Response Against the Ebola Virus and the World Health Organization, the Liberia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation. Total case counts include all suspected, probable, and confirmed cases, which are defined similarly by each country. These data reflect reported cases, which make up an unknown proportion of all cases, and reporting delays that vary from country to country.
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058872:Epidemics; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence