Assessment of the risk of Ebola virus transmission from bodily fluids and fomites

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Bausch, Daniel G ^a,b   Towner, Jonathan S ^b   Dowell, Scott F ^b   Kaducu, Felix ^c   Lukwiya, Matthew ^d   Sanchez, Anthony ^b   Nichol, Stuart T ^b   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^b   Rollin, Pierre E ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Gulu Regional Hospital   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA VIRUS; FOMITE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; SALIVA; SURVIVAL; UGANDA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

BODY FLUIDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FOMITES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UGANDA; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 38449087271     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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