Ebola outbreak in Conakry, Guinea: Epidemiological, clinical, and outcome features

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 491-494

  Barry, M ^a   Traore F A ^a,b   Sako, F B ^a,b   Kpamy, D O ^a   Bah, E I ^a   Poncin, M ^c   Keita, S ^d   Cisse, M ^b   Toure A ^b  

^a CHU de Conakry   (Guinea)

^b Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry   (Guinea)

^c centre hospitalier et universitaire de Conakry   (Guinea)

^d MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Conakry; Ebola; Guinea ZEBOV

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GUINEA; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHYDRATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEX RATIO; VITAMIN INTAKE; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFANT; MALARIA; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOCK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOCK; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912539209     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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