Need of surveillance response systems to combat Ebola outbreaks and other emerging infectious diseases in African countries

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tambo, Ernest ^a,b,e   Ugwu, Emmanuel C ^c,e   Ngogang, Jeane Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Africa; Ebola; Emerging infectious diseases; Outbreak; Surveillance response system

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VACCINE;

AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84914095900     PISSN: 20955162     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-3-29     Document Type: Letter

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