Ebola virus outbreak 2014: Clinical review for emergency physicians

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-108

  Meyers, Linda ^a   Frawley, Thomas ^a   Goss, Sarah ^a   Kang, Christopher ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VACCINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; AFRICA; EBOLA VIRUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918791874     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.10.009     Document Type: Review

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