But, simply having this vaccine didn't assure success in getting this outbreak under control.
The World Health Organization and other organizations fighting the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa are considering whether and how to possibly use untested drugs or other therapies there as part of the efforts to get the outbreak under control.
Nonetheless, the impact of dozens of cases was high, and it took strong efforts and several months to get the outbreak under control (i.e., only a few cases of VRE strain ST203 still prevalent in the hospital).
Related: Maasai in Tanzania: world fame but empty stomachs We need to acknowledge the means by which people have managed to get by throughout this outbreak, and to complement them with measures that improve supply and demand.
The map on the left shows the number of days since the last confirmed infection by region for each country.The inadequacies of the health-care systems in the three most-affected countries help to explain how the Ebola outbreak got this far.
In retrospect, Nash seemed well suited to being the guy who got the outbreak dumped into his lap.
"I tend to think that kids hearing all the news stories about rash illness and bioterrorism could get something like this outbreak started," says Alfred DeMaria, an epidemiologist with the state of Massachusetts.
Every time we get an outbreak at all, the first question we ask is, 'Was this intentional?' " The Agencies: Boom Times As director of the Iowa public health laboratory, Mary J. Gilchrist has long worried about germ attacks, but long had trouble getting colleagues interested.
"If nothing is done, you could get an outbreak of protectionism here against China," Mr. Bergsten said in an interview.
In their efforts to get their outbreak under control, San Diego health officials have adopted a technique from L.A. that they hope will stop cases from spreading locally: washing the streets with bleach.
