Preparedness is crucial for safe care of ebola patients and to prevent onward transmission in europe – Outbreak control measures are needed at its roots in West Africa

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 40, 2014, Pages

  Sprenger, M J W ^a   Coulombier, D ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRAVEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84908052941     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.40.20925     Document Type: Article

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