The First Case On March 20, 2015 a 44-year old woman in Monrovia became the first confirmed Ebola case in Liberia in a month [1-3].
Year: 2015
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Disease Control, Elimination, and Eradication Smallpox and rinderpest are two infectious diseases that have been successfully eradicated. Smallpox was eradicated in 1980 and rinderpest in