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Christopher J. M. Whitty and colleagues explain why the United Kingdom is funding many small community centres to isolate suspected cases in Sierra Leone.

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1. Christopher J. M. Whitty is chief scientific adviser at the UK Department for International Development.,
   Christopher J. M. Whitty
2. Jeremy Farrar is director of the Wellcome Trust in London, UK.,
   Jeremy Farrar
3. Neil Ferguson is professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London, UK.,
   Neil Ferguson
4. W. John Edmunds is professor of infectious-disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.,
   W. John Edmunds
5. Peter Piot is director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.,
   Peter Piot
6. Melissa Leach is director of the Institute for Development Studies in Brighton, UK.,
   Melissa Leach
7. Sally C. Davies is chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser at the UK Department of Health.,
   Sally C. Davies

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1. Christopher J. M. Whitty
2. Jeremy Farrar
3. Neil Ferguson
4. W. John Edmunds
5. Peter Piot
6. Melissa Leach
7. Sally C. Davies

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Whitty, C., Farrar, J., Ferguson, N. et al. Infectious disease: Tough choices to reduce Ebola transmission.Nature 515, 192–194 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/515192a

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