What Ebola can teach us about a new bubonic plague outbreak in Africa

THE WEEK -- by S.E. Smith                                                                                                     Dec. 5, 2014
While West Africa battles Ebola, another outbreak is striking just across the continent. In Madagascar, cases of plague are erupting in the small village of Mandritsara and the disease is spreading to neighboring communities. The two outbreaks are related by more than simple surface similarities, though. In fact, fighting the first has provided an invaluable blueprint for containing the second.

But there are more important lessons that responders are learning on the ground in West Africa, too. These tools aren't just useful for handling the current situation, but also for controlling outbreaks in the future — including, possibly, the ongoing outbreak in Madagascar.
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