Constraints in the diagnosis and treatment of Lassa Fever and the effect on mortality in hospitalized children and women with obstetric conditions in a rural district hospital in Sierra Leone

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 126-132

  Dahmane, A ^a   van Griensven, J ^b   Van Herp, M ^a   Van den Bergh, R ^a   Nzomukunda, Y ^a   Prior, J ^a   Alders, P ^a   Jambai, A ^c   Zachariah, R ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Disease Prevention and Control Program   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Children; Lassa fever; Operational research; Ribavirin; Sierra leone

Indexed keywords

CASE FATALITY; CHILDREN; LASSA FEVER; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; RIBAVIRIN; SIERRA LEONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL AUDIT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; LASSA FEVER; MALE; RIBAVIRIN; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894321635     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru009     Document Type: Article

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