Facing the threat of highly infectious diseases in Europe: The need for a networking approach

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 706-710

  Ippolito, G ^a   Fusco, F M ^a   Di Caro, A ^a   Nisii, C ^a   Pompa, M G ^b   Thinus, G ^c   Pletschette, M ^c   Capobianchi, M R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b Health and Social Policies   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; Highly infectious diseases; Networking

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BIOSAFETY; COMMUNITY CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LASSA FEVER; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERRORISM; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

EID: 69249121692     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02876.x     Document Type: Review

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