Ebola virus disease: Essential public health principles for clinicians

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 728-731

  Koenig, Kristi L ^a   Majestic, Cassondra ^a   Burns, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; BAT; BLEEDING DISORDER; BODILY SECRETIONS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FECES; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INGESTION; LIFE THREAT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYALGIA; PATIENT RISK; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLAVIRUS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84913586014     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.9.24011     Document Type: Review

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