Ebola viral disease outbreak — West Africa, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 25, 2014, Pages 548-551

  Dixon, Meredith G ^a,b   Schafer, Ilana J ^a,b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GUINEA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY; VOMITING;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FEVER; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; VOMITING;

EID: 84903443426     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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