TY - JOUR
T1 - Controlling Ebola
T2 - What we can learn from China's 1911 battle against the pneumonic plague in Manchuria
AU - Liu, He
AU - Jiao, Mingli
AU - Zhao, Siqi
AU - Xing, Kai
AU - Li, Ye
AU - Ning, Ning
AU - Liang, Libo
AU - Wu, Qunhong
AU - Hao, Yanhua
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - The pneumonic plague, which spread across Northeast China during the winter of 1910 and spring of 1911, caused numerous deaths and brought about severe social turmoil. After compulsory quarantine and other epidemic prevention measures were enforced by Dr Wu Lien-teh, the epidemic was brought to an end within 4 months. This article reviews the ways in which the plague was dealt with from a historical perspective, based on factors such as clinical manifestations, duration of illness, case fatality rate, degree of transmissibility, poverty, inadequate healthcare infrastructure, and the region's recent strife-filled history. Similarities were sought between the pneumonic plague in Northeast China in the twentieth century and the Ebola virus outbreak that is currently ravaging Africa, and an effort made to summarize the ways in which specific measures were applied successfully to fight the earlier epidemic. Our efforts highlight valuable experiences that are of potential benefit in helping to fight the current rampant Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
AB - The pneumonic plague, which spread across Northeast China during the winter of 1910 and spring of 1911, caused numerous deaths and brought about severe social turmoil. After compulsory quarantine and other epidemic prevention measures were enforced by Dr Wu Lien-teh, the epidemic was brought to an end within 4 months. This article reviews the ways in which the plague was dealt with from a historical perspective, based on factors such as clinical manifestations, duration of illness, case fatality rate, degree of transmissibility, poverty, inadequate healthcare infrastructure, and the region's recent strife-filled history. Similarities were sought between the pneumonic plague in Northeast China in the twentieth century and the Ebola virus outbreak that is currently ravaging Africa, and an effort made to summarize the ways in which specific measures were applied successfully to fight the earlier epidemic. Our efforts highlight valuable experiences that are of potential benefit in helping to fight the current rampant Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
KW - Ebola epidemic
KW - Implications
KW - International health
KW - The Pneumonic plague
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.013
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 25722280
AN - SCOPUS:84925642008
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 33
SP - e222-e226
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -