Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Transmission and Risk Factors of Contacts, Uganda

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1430-1437

  Francesconi, Paolo ^a   Yoti, Zabulon ^b   Declich, Silvia ^a   Onek, Paul Awil ^c   Fabiani, Massimo ^a   Olango, Joseph ^c   Andraghetti, Roberta ^a   Rollin, Pierre E ^d   Opira, Cyprian ^b   Greco, Donato ^a   Salmaso, Stefania ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b St Mary's Hospital Lacor Uganda   (Uganda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CASE FINDING; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EBOLA VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVALENCE PROPORTION RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 10744231342     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0911.030339     Document Type: Article

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