Ebola virus outbreaks in Africa: Past and present

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Muyembe Tamfum, J J ^a,b   Mulangu, S ^c,d   Masumu, Justin ^a,c   Kayembe, J M ^b   Kemp, A ^e   Paweska, Janusz T ^e  

^a Direction of the institute   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^c Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance   (Tanzania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VIRUS; PAN; PRIMATES; SUDAN EBOLAVIRUS; ZAIRE EBOLAVIRUS;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PRIMATE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PRIMATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84863550155     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v79i2.451     Document Type: Article

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