TY - BOOK AU - DEMBECK Zygmunt TI - Ebola virus disease outbreaks: lessons from past and facing future challenges KW - AFRICAN EBOLA OUTBREAK KW - EBOLA VIRUS N2 - The purpose of this review is to examine African Ebola outbreaks from their first discovery to the present, o determine how the medical and public health response has changed and identify the causes for those changes. We sought to describe what is now known about the epidemiology and spread of Ebola virus disease (EVD) from the significant outbreaks that have occurred and outbreak control methods applied under often challenging circumstances. Given the substantial role that the U.S. Government and the U.S. DoD have played in the 2014 to 2016 West African Ebola outbreak, the role of the DoD and the U.S. Africa Command in controlling EVD is described ER -