Ebola in West Africa: be aware and prepare

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1742-1745

  Parkes Ratanshi, Rosalind ^a   Ssekabira, Umaru ^a   Crozier, Ian ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; EBOLA VACCINE; FAVIPIRAVIR; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; RIBAVIRIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DIARRHEA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); VOMITING; WEAKNESS; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 84919844087     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3497-z     Document Type: Article

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