Ebola and Marburg virus diseases in Africa: Increased risk of outbreaks in previously unaffected areas?

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 483-491

  Changula, Katendi ^a,b   Kajihara, Masahiro ^c   Mweene, Aaron S ^a   Takada, Ayato ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance   (Tanzania)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ebola virus; Filovirus; Hemorrhagic fever; Marburg virus

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANGOLA; BAT; COTE D'IVOIRE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GABON; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUINEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LIBERIA; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MARBURG VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SIERRA LEONE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN; UGANDA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFECTION CONTROL; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INCIDENCE; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84906811644     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12181     Document Type: Review

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