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

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Roddy, Paul ^a   Weatherill, David ^a   Jeffs, Benjamin ^a   Abaakouk, Zohra ^a   Dorion, Claire ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, Josefa ^a   Palma, Pedro Pablo ^a   De La Rosa, Olimpia ^a   Villa, Luis ^a   Grovas, Isabel ^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

ANGOLA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ANGOLA; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FUNERAL RITES; HUMANS; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38449099517     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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