Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) : Mechanism of Transmission and Pathogenicity

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 370-375

  Mwanatambwe, Milanga ^a   Yamada, Nobutaka ^a   Arai, Satoru ^a   Asano, Goro ^a   Shimizu Suganuma, Masumi ^a   Shichinohe, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congo; Ebola; fever; pathogenicity; transmission

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; HAPLORHINI; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 0035487875     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.68.370     Document Type: Article

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