A first outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa;Une première épidémie de fièvre à virus Ebola en Afrique de l'Ouest

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7, 2014, Pages 671-673

  Reynard, Olivier ^a   Volchkov, Viktor ^a   Peyrefitte, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 84904344666     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: 19585381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20143006018     Document Type: Article

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