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Ebola re-emerges in Sierra Leone

Case announced hours after World Health Organization declares spread of virus stopped in West Africa.

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Van Noorden, R. Ebola re-emerges in Sierra Leone. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.19180

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