Threat of Marburg and Ebola viral haemorrhagic fevers in Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Tukei, P M ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0029688207     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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