Ebola outbreak response; experience and development of screening tools for Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF) in a HIV Center of Excellence near to VHF epicentres

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Parkes Ratanshi, Rosalind ^a   Elbireer, Ali ^a,b   Mbambu, Betty ^a   Mayanja, Faridah ^a   Coutinho, Alex ^a   Merry, Concepta ^a,c,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; COINFECTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COINFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; UGANDA;

EID: 84904108879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100333     Document Type: Article

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