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ACCEL (Academic Consortium for Combating Ebola in Liberia)
Achebe, Chinua
African Colonization Society, U.S.
AIDS. See also HIV
Aizenman, Nurith
Alice (Ebola patient)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Americoes (“Americo-Liberians”)
Angolan free-tailed bats (Mops condyluras)
Armed Forces of Liberia
Associated Press
Ballah (Ebola patient)
Baptiste, Jean-Francois
Bartekwa, Joyce
Bassa tribe, Liberia
bats, virus transmission via
BBC
Berehulak, Daniel
Berryman, Jennifer
Beyan, George
Beyan, Williams
Bhadelia, Nahid
Biosafety Level 4 classification
the Black Death
Blahyi, Joshua Milton “General Butt Naked”
Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever
Bong County ETU (IMC). See also Ebola treatment units
Bongo, Joe
Borbor, Abraham
Borowsky, Bruce
Bouley, Emily
Brantly, Kent
Brisbane, Samuel
Bucks, Colin
Campylobacter
Candida
cannibalism
Casey, Sean
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Ebola training/containment by
engagement rules, post-exposure, by
Special Pathogens Branch of
traveler screening by
Chambers, Matthew
Charles Taylor Boys (Liberia)
Chawla, Kiran
Cheemalapati, Sambhavi
cholera
Christie, Chris
Civil War, Liberia
cannibalism in
Charles Taylor Boys in
impact of
Nigeria’s involvement in
origins of
Sierra Leone’s involvement in
CNN
The Coming Plague (Garrett)
Congos. See Americoes
Conrad, Joseph
Contagion (movie)
convalescent plasma transfusions
cordons sanitaires
A Crack in the Earth (Winchester)
Cranmer, Hilarie
Crowley, Candy
Cuomo, Andrew
Cuttington University, Liberia
as IMC base
as military base
Cyphus, Fatu
Cyrus, Garmai
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Presbyterian Hospital
Dante
David, Dorcas
decontamination procedures
DeGrange, Elizabeth Lybarger
Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). See also Zaire Ebolavirus
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF)
Dennis (Ebola patient)
Disneyland, California, measles transmission at
Doctors Without Borders. See Médecins Sans Frontières
Doe, Jackson
Doe, Samuel
Dogliotti Medical School, Monrovia, Liberia
dogs, Ebola transmission via
drug therapies
vitamin C and
ZMapp
Duncan, Thomas Eric
Duo, A. Weheley
Ebola. See also Ebola outbreak of 2014–2015; Ebola treatment units; personal protective gear; treatment of Ebola
attenuation of
class distinction of
diagnosis of
emergence of
incubation time of
mortality rate of
naming of
recovery from
Reston, Virginia, outbreak of
Sudan strain of
symptoms of
Taï Forest strain of
transmission of
Zaire strain of
Ebola (Quammen)
Ebola outbreak of 2014–2015. See also Ebola; Ebola treatment units; international considerations; treatment of Ebola
awareness campaign in
Ebola outbreaks prior to
end of
impact, indirect, of
incubation period in
media portrayal of
mortality rate in
patient zero in
recoveries during
religious perspectives on
resurgence of cases in
spread/transmission of virus in
symptoms presented in
U.S. cases in
virulence of
Womey massacre during
Ebola treatment units (ETUs). See also treatment of Ebola
cemeteries of
data collection/transmission in
decontamination procedures in
downtime at
lab work/testing in
media coverage of
morale at
native opposition to
operational aspects of
PPE used in
psychosocial support teams in
quarantine holding centers and
reintegration to world, post-service, in
R & R needs in
shift schedules in
staff safety as focus of
structural characteristics of
theft at
training for
triage process in
U.N. visit to
U.S. cases and
ECOMOG peacekeepers (Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group)
Elizabeth (ship)
Ellis, Stephen
ELWA (Eternal Love Winning Africa) Hospital
Emory University Hospital
enterohemorrhagic E. coli
Farmer, Paul
Fatu (Ebola patient)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Feuchte, Fredericka
Le Figaro
filovirus family
Finberg, Bob
Fink, Sheri
Firestone Corporation
Five Days at Memorial (Fink)
flaviviruses
Flomo, Diana
Flomo, Mamie
Forster, Rick
Fowler, Robert
Fox News
Franquet’s epauletted fruit bat (Epomops franqueti)
Frawley, Mary Jo
fruit bats, Ebola transmission via
Fussell, Paul
Gabon, Ebola outbreaks in
Garrett, Laurie
Gboi, Moses
Genesis (Ebola patient)
Gio tribe, Liberia
Golenbock, Doug
Good Morning America
Grace Baptist Church, Gbarnga, Liberia
Gravity’s Rainbow (Pynchon)
Great Influenza of 1918
Grebo tribe, Liberia
Guéckédou, Guinea
Guillan-Barré syndrome
Guinea
cordon sanitaire instigation in
Ebola outbreak in
patient zero in
Womey massacre in
Gulu Ebola outbreak, Uganda
Haiti earthquake
hammer-head bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus)
Hantaviruses
Harris, Comfort
Härtl, Gregory
Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
Heart to Heart Organization
Hendra virus
Henwood, Trish
Hepatitis A, B, and C
Hickox, Kaci
HIV. See also AIDS
Hochschild, Adam
The Hot Zone (Preston)
Howard, Bendu
How We Got to Now (Johnson)
Hurricane Katrina
Hussein, King (of Jordan)
“An Image of Africa” (Achebe)
IMC. See International Medical Corps
Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL)
infectious diarrhea
INPFL. See Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia
Interim Government of National Unity (Liberia)
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
international considerations
on engagement rules, post-exposure
on health screenings, post-travel
on stigmatization’s impact
on traveler quarantines
on travel restrictions
International Medical Corps (IMC). See also Ebola treatment units
Ebola treatment by
funding of ETUs by
nickname for
International Monetary Fund
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Ireland, Phil
Jindal, Bobby
Joe (Ebola patient)
John F. Kennedy Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia “JFK”
Ebola outbreak/treatment at
U.S. work programs at
John of Patmos
John, Pastor (Ebola patient)
Johnson (Ebola patient)
Johnson, Elijah
Johnson, Karl
Johnson, Prince
Johnson, Steven
Josephine (Ebola patient)
Just and Unjust Wars (Walzer)
Kakata ETU, Liberia
Kammara, Sia
Kerkula, Baby
Kikwit Ebola outbreak, Zaire
King Leopold’s Ghost (Hochschild)
Kollie, Ballah
Kollie, Jeremiah
Kollie, Lorpu
Kollie, Peter
Koroma, Ernest Bai
Kpelle tribe, Liberia
Krahn tribe, Liberia
Kru tribe, Liberia
Lai, Kwan Kew
Lassa Fever virus
Lawler, James
LePage, Paul
Levine, Adam
Liberia. See also Monrovia, Liberia
Civil War of
cordon sanitaire instigation in
corruption in
Ebola awareness campaign in
Ebola outbreak in
economic/social inequality in
founding of
infrastructure of
religious perspectives in
slavery’s impact on
Liberian College of Physicians
Liberian Ministry of Health
corruption in
Ebola containment by
The Lion King (movie)
little collared fruit bat (Myonycteris torquata)
Locke, John
Logan, Lara
Luzuriaga, Katherine
Lybarger, Elizabeth. See DeGrange, Elizabeth Lybarger
Lyme, Connecticut
Machupo virus
malaria
Mandingo tribe, Liberia
Manning, Craig
Mano tribe, Liberia
Mapplethorpe, Robert
Marburg virus
Marshall, Roseda
The Mask of Anarchy (Ellis)
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Matthew (Ebola patient)
Mawah, Liberia
McQuilkin, Trish
measles outbreak, California
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Ebola treatment/training by
organizational structure of
media
ETU coverage by
“otherness” theme reflected in
stigmatization by
U.S. Ebola threat and
Meliandou, Guinea
MERS-CoV (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus)
microcephaly
Mock, Martha
Monrovia, Liberia
cordon sanitaire instigation in
Ebola outbreak/treatment in
JFK Hospital in
Moorman, Ann
Mops condyluras (Angolan free-tailed bat)
Morelli, Marco
MSF. See Médecins Sans Frontières
Mugabe, Robert
Mulrooney, Bridget
Narra, Rupa
National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL)
The New England Journal of Medicine
New Horizons spacecraft
Newman, Haley
The New Republic
The New York Times
Night (Wiesel)
Nin-Gonzales, Rosa
Nippah virus
Njoh, Joseph
Nobel Peace Prize
non-typhoidal Salmonella
NPFL. See National Patriotic Front of Liberia
NPR
Nzayisenga, Ignace
Obama, Barack
Obergefell v. Hodges
Ogweno, Elvis
Ó Riain, Eoin
Oryem, Godfrey
Ouamouno, Emile
Ouamouno, Etienne
Ouamouno, Koumba
Ouamouno, Philomène
Ouamouno, Sia
Outbreak (movie)
Page, Zach Ilan
Parteh, Zoeban
Partners In Health organization
patient zero, Ebola outbreak of 2014–2015
Patrick, Deval
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Paye, Kammah
PCR tests
People’s Redemption Council, Liberia
personal protective gear (PPE)
donning system for
engagement guidelines tied to
hazards of
hazards to
limitations caused by
Pham, Nina
Phebe Hospital, Liberia
Pioneers’ Day (Liberia)
the plague
posttraumatic stress disorder
potassium management
Power, Samantha
PPE. See personal protective gear
Preston, Richard
protective gear. See personal protective gear
&n
bsp; Pynchon, Thomas
Quammen, David
quarantines. See also cordon sanitaire
in Liberian holding centers
of medical personnel
Quiwonkpa, Thomas
rabies
Rancy, Willie
Rangel, Audrey
Rebecca (Ebola patient)
religion, Ebola outbreak through lens of
Republic of Congo, Ebola outbreaks in
Reston, Virginia, Ebola outbreak in
Revelation (Bible)
Revolutionary United Front (Sierra Leone)
Rice Riots (Liberia)
Rift Valley Fever
Roberts, Michelle
rotavirus
Sackie, Roland
Sacra, Rick
Samaritan’s Purse organization
SARS virus
Save the Children organization
Science
Segbee, O’Malley Moore
Seko, Mobutu Sese
shaving, transmission risks tied to
Shetty, Pranav
Siakor, Sam
Sia, Stu
Siatta (Ebola patient)
Sierra Leone
Civil War in
cordon sanitaire instigation in
Ebola outbreak in
Singbeh, Aaron
Singbeh, Matta
Singbeh, Yattah
Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf, Freeman
60 Minutes
slavery
psychological impact of
resettlements in Africa post—
Solomon, Ben
Spencer, Craig
Steel, Jimmy
Sudan Ebolavirus
Surat, India
Suter, Kelly
Tabby, Perris
Taï Forest Ebolavirus
Takahashi, Saki
Tarekegn, Kidist
Tarweh, Matthew
Taylor, Charles
TB. See tuberculosis
tests, Ebola
PCR
by U.S. Navy
Texas Department of Public Health
“Thank God for the Atom Bomb” (Fussell)
Thomas, Winner
Thoms, William
Tokpah, Aaron
Tolbert (Ebola patient)
Tolbert, William
Touray, Sunkaru
transmission of Ebola
via air
via bats/animals
sexual
shaving risks regarding
via touch
treatment of Ebola. See also Ebola treatment units
convalescent plasma transfusion
diagnoses and
hydration
potassium management
vitamin C therapy
ZMapp/drug therapy
True Whig Party (Liberia)
tuberculosis (TB)
Tugbah, Ruth
2001: A Space Odyssey (movie)
Tychem suits
Uganda, Ebola outbreaks in
ULIMO-J (Liberia)
ULIMO-K (Liberia)
United Nations (U.N.)
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)
United States, Ebola cases in
University of Massachusetts “UMass”
African work programs at
Ebola exposure concerns at
USAID
U.S. Navy
U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)
vaccinations