Ebola between outbreaks: Intensified Ebola hemorrhagic fever surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1981-1985

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Jezek, Z ^a,b,c   Szezeniowski, M Y ^a,b,c   Muyembe Tamfum, J J ^a,b,c   McCormick, J B ^a,b,c   Heymann, D L ^a,b,c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA VIRUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

EID: 0033054456     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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