Case fatality rates of Ebola virus diseases: A meta-analysis of World Health Organization data

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 412-416

  Lefebvre, A ^a   Fiet, C ^a   Belpois Duchamp, C ^a   Tiv, M ^a   Astruc, K ^a   Aho Glele L S ^a  

^a Medical University of Dijon   (France)

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Ebola; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUNDIBUGYO; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUDAN; UGANDA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; CLASSIFICATION; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84907994092     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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