Incubation Period of Ebola Hemorrhagic Virus Subtype Zaire

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-7

  Eichner, Martin ^a   Dowell, Scott F ^a   Firese, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks prevention and control; Ebola hemorrhagic fever; Ebola epidemiology; Ebola prevention and control; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONGO; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80052465151     PISSN: 22109099     EISSN: 22109110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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