Ebola itself was bad enough in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. Should a measles outbreak occur, almost twice as many people will be sickened, compared with before the outbreak. "Measles in particular is known to show up during or after humanitarian crises because it’s so infectious," says Justin Lessler, a study lead author and an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in a call with reporters. "Measles in particular is known to show up during or after humanitarian crises."The Ebola crisis kept people away from clinics, for fear of contracting the disease.
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