Ebola outbreak in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Discovery and control measures

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Muyembe Tamfum, J J ^a,b   Kipasa, M ^a,b   Kiyungu, C ^a,b   Colebunders, R ^a,b  

^a Kinshasa University   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHIGELLA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0033036025     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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