An outbreak of Ebola in Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1068-1075

  Okware, S I ^a   Omaswa, F G ^a   Zaramba, S ^a   Opio, A ^a   Lutwama, J J ^b   Kamugisha, J ^a   Rwaguma, E B ^b   Kagwa, P ^a   Lamunu, M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Case management; Community mobilization; Ebola; Outbreak; Surveillance; Uganda

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GUIDELINE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; COOPERATION; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYMPTOM; UGANDA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

UGANDA;

EBOLA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA;

EID: 0036885737     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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