Utility of contact tracing in reducing the magnitude of ebola disease

GERMS

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 97-99

  Shrivastava, Saurabh RamBiharilal ^a   Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh ^a   Ramasamy, Jegadeesh ^a  

^a Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Deemed to Be University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84914688607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22482997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11599/germs.2014.1063     Document Type: Letter

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