Ebola virus

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 280-284

  Streether, Lesley A ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebola; Ebola virus; Filovirus; Haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 0033404510     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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