The Médecins Sans Frontières intervention in the Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemic, Uige, Angola, 2005. I. Lessons learned in the hospital

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Jeffs, Benjamin ^a   Roddy, Paul ^a   Weatherill, David ^a   De La Rosa, Olimpia ^a   Dorion, Claire ^a   Iscla, Marta ^a   Grovas, Isabel ^a   Palma, Pedro Pablo ^a   Villa, Luis ^a   Bernal, Oscar ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, Josefa ^a   Barcelo, Barbara ^a   Pou, Diana ^a   Borchert, Matthias ^a,b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CIMETIDINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PROMETHAZINE;

ANGOLA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSPEPSIA; EPIDEMIC; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; NURSING CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN;

ANGOLA; ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; PHYSICIANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38449098793     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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