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Table 3 Study selection criteria

From: The link between the West African Ebola outbreak and health systems in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone: a systematic review

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

2014/2015 Ebola outbreak

Ebola outbreaks before 2014

Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Other countries

Only papers published in English

Any other outbreaks apart from Ebola (like haemorrhagic fevers)

Reports from Internationally recognised organisations (WHO, CDC, MSF)

Articles on randomised control trials, vaccines, treatments, clinical picture, disease manifestations, ethical considerations

Review articles

Non English papers

Articles on the health systems in these three countries

Articles on military and international interventions, modelling and epidemiological analysis

Opinions, perspectives, editorials and commentaries