Infection control during filoviral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-74

  Raabe Vanessa, N ^a   Matthias, Borchert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ebola hemorrhagic fever; Infection control; Marburg virus disease; Viral hemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY SENSITIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84858841329     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.93765     Document Type: Review

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