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The Lassa Ward by Dr. Ross Donaldson MD, MPH

The Lassa Ward

One Man’s Fight Against One of the World’s Deadliest Diseases

by Dr. Ross Donaldson MD, MPH
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  • May 12, 2009, 288 pages
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  • Jul 2010, 288 pages
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For a short history of Sierra Leone, Africa, see the sidebar to Ancestor Stones, by Aminatta Forna.

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This "beyond the book article" relates to The Lassa Ward. It originally ran in May 2009 and has been updated for the July 2010 paperback edition. Go to magazine.

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