A tribute to Sheik Humarr Khan and all the healthcare workers in West Africa who have sacrificed in the fight against Ebola virus disease: Mae we hush

Antiviral Research

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-35

  Bausch, Daniel G ^a,b   Bangura, James ^c   Garry, Robert F ^a   Goba, Augustine ^a,c   Grant, Donald S ^a,c   Jacquerioz, Frederique A ^a   McLellan, Susan L ^a   Jalloh, Simbirie ^a,c   Moses, Lina M ^a   Schieffelin, John S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b California   (Peru)

^c Kenema Government Hospital   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; Lassa fever; Leone; Obituary; Sierra; Viral hemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; SIERRA LEONE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ART; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

EBOLA VIRUS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84907486362     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.09.001     Document Type: Note

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