What obstetrician-gynecologists should know about ebola: A perspective from the centers for disease control and prevention

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1005-1010

  Jamieson, Denise J ^a   Uyeki, Timothy M ^b   Callaghan, William M ^b   Meaney Delman, Dana ^b   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; FEVER; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; LABOR; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRICIAN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFECTION CONTROL; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84914136256     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000533     Document Type: Review

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