Guidance for contact tracing of cases of Lassa fever, Ebola or Marburg haemorrhagic fever on an airplane: Results of a European expert consultation

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gilsdorf, Andreas ^a   Morgan, Dilys ^b   Leitmeyer, Katrin ^c  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air travel; Contact tracing; Ebola haemorrhagic fever; Lassa fever; Marburg haemorrhagic fever; Passenger trace back; Viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EUROPE; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; CONTACT TRACING; EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84869217298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1014     Document Type: Article

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