Travel bans will increase the damage wrought by ebola

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 306-309

  Nuzzo, Jennifer B ^a   Cicero, Anita J ^a   Waldhorn, Richard ^a   Inglesby, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHNOLOGY; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LIBERIA; RELIEF WORK; SIERRA LEONE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIBERIA; RELIEF WORK; SIERRA LEONE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84915760118     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2014.1030     Document Type: Review

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