Ebola in urban slums: the elephant in the room
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Space constraints, violence, and overcrowding in slums make physical distancing and self-quarantine impractical.
“Further, space constraints, violence, and overcrowding in slums and tenements make physical distancing and self-quarantine impractical, and the rapid spread of an infection highly likely [8] [9] [10] [11].”
From Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements (2020) · cites this paper as [9]
The paper’s main text describes overcrowding in slums as a condition conducive to Ebola spread and says inadequate government-enforced quarantine contributed to spread in West Point; no page number is available in our copy. It does not say that violence or space constraints make physical distancing or self-quarantine impractical, and it does not discuss tenements. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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- Authors
- Snyder, R. E., Marlow, M. A., & Riley, L. W.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Corresponding author
- Riley, Lee W
- Venue
- The Lancet Global Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- e685
- ISSN
- 2214-109X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5004591
- OpenAlex
- W2141890697
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 2.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Lancet Global Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Fogarty International Center (R25TW009338, D43TW010540)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Disaster Response and Management
- Keywords
- Ebola virus disease, urban slums, informal settlements, epidemic control, health system capacity
- MeSH terms
- Developing Countries, Humans, Poverty Areas, Urban Population, Global Health, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
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