Pandemic Parallels: Common Threads between the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic of 2014
Purpose: This analysis explored the parallels between the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in West Africa and SARS-CoV-2 and its associated disease (Coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] in order to compare and contrast patterns that enable or exacerbate epidemics of novel or non-endemic pathogens.Methods & Materials: Our research tea