Is the United States prepared for Ebola?

JAMA

Volumn 312, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 2497-2498

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Hodge, James G ^b   Burris, Scott ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AFRICA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; THREAT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CIVIL DEFENSE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MASS SCREENING; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ISOLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919341038     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.15041     Document Type: Note

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