Early risk assessment for viral haemorrhagic fever: Experience at the Hospital for tropical diseases, London, UK

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-11

  Woodrow, Charles J ^a   Eziefula, Alice C ^a   Agranoff, Dan ^a   Scott, Geoffrey M ^b   Watson, Julie ^a   Chiodini, Peter L ^a,c   Lockwood, Diana N J ^a,c   Grant, Alison D ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebola; Lassa; Marburg; Nosocomial; Viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALARIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

AFRICA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33845575268     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.01.022     Document Type: Article

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