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Wang, P., Liu, W.J. It’s not just science: Challenges for public health intervention in Ebola epidemics in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sci. China Life Sci. 63, 1079–1081 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-019-1670-6
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