Fighting COVID-19 in the West Africa after experiencing the Ebola epidemic

Pourya Gholizadeh ^1,2 , Moussa Sanogo ³, Amadou Oumarou ⁴, Maad Nasser Mohamed ⁵, Yacouba Cissoko ⁶, Mamadou Saliou Sow ⁷, Pasquale Pagliano ⁸, Patassi Akouda ⁹, Sid’Ahmed Soufiane ¹⁰, Akory Ag Iknane ^3,11, Mamadou Oury ⁷, Safiatou Diallo ⁷, Şükran Köse ¹², Sounkalo Dao ³ * , Hossein Samadi Kafil ² *

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