Multiple Ebola virus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks in Gabon, from October 2001 to April 2002;Plusieurs épidémies de fièvre hémorragique due au virus Ebola au Gabon, d'octobre 2001 à avril 2002

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 224-229

  Nkoghe, D ^a   Formenty, P ^b   Leroy, E M ^c   Nnegue, S ^d   Obame Edou, S Y ^a   Iba Ba, J ^a   Allarangar, Y ^b   Cabore, J ^b   Bachy, C ^e   Andraghetti, R ^a   De Benoist, A C ^f   Galanis, E ^g   Rose, A ^f   Bausch, D ^h   Reynolds, M ^h   Rollin, P ^h   Choueibou, C ^b   Shongo, R ^b   Gergonne, B ^e   Kone L M ^b   Yada, A ^b   Roth, C ^b   Toung Mve, M ^a   more..

^a Ministère de la Santé Publique   (Gabon)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^e Bureau Régional ^*  (France)

^f EPIET   (France)

^g HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Ebola; Epidemiology; Gabon; Haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTROL; GABON; GENETICS; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT CARE; PORCUPINE; PRIMATE; PRIMATE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EBOLAVIRUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GABON; GORILLA GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEAT; PATIENT ISOLATION; PORCUPINES; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; QUARANTINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27144515531     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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