title: The unprecedented scale of the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak is due to environmental and sociological factors, not special attributes of the currently circulating strain of the virus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical & Life Sciences, Faculty of Health & Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gatherer
mesh_terms: D058872:Epidemics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: PUBLIC HEALTH; VIROLOGY