august april physician expert clinical treatment fever viral fever endemic west_africa caused virus studied medicine taught later returned joined fever program superintendent clinical director began closed program medical team moved spent decades running dedicated fever ward world collaborated british charity promote public health education awareness campaigns intended prevent fever little funding supplies successfully reduced mortality rates saved lives accidental injury led death disease received renewed public attention hero memoir ward early life education teaching born august town son farmer chief village moved capital mother died teens studied chemistry biology began teaching receiving began studying medicine nigeria modern graduating spent years employed returned home married raised family wife sarah producing sons daughters medical career spent professional career working patients suffering fever viral fever endemic west_africa fever brought attention public outbreak nigeria identified disease known spread host mouse estimated people results deaths annually guinea outbreak attracted attention united_states response established research programs study disease began working team leader medical superintendent hospital broke forcing close program guinea hospital destroyed conflict spread fever grew worse civil war mouse infested abandoned houses increasing likelihood infection government hospital found middle war zone homeless months finally came began treating sick midst fighting friends overseas job outside chose stay help people help war experts familiar fever left country patients suspected having disease began brought treatment team moved director fever isolation ward world rebels took town left post thought rebels spared hospital destruction afraid catching fever civil war ended government began process rebuilding country contributions medicine civil war skills qualifications manage patients fever absence ward supported medical relief agency based according founder worked new laboratory built enable collaboration international research centres interest diseases worked training fever awareness campaigns fever program provided blueprint experts began working research related fever study published comparing outcome fever patients indirect test linked according study focused specifically development test fever travelled london england attend international conference fever presented paper managing disease returned london september receive spirit award outstanding role saving lives suffering death ward short staffed draw blood patients march infected virus received injury drawing blood young pregnant nurse suffering disease nurse died day ill march condition worsened treated initially survived critical stage fever died april failure days infected virus reporter described grief wake death news death spread like bush fire people devastated learn specialist gone gone forever nurses cried patients thrown state shock mourning funeral held town legacy work ward spanned years saved thousands lives played key role helping implement program support ward fever control measures skill dedication deaths cases suspected fever declined death left ward barely functioning began monitoring fever patients guinea today fully operational focuses treatment prevention research mentor ucla medical professor summer hero memoir ward publications appearance documentary film diagnosis clinical fever evaluated linked indirect test virus isolation journal clinical
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