Ebola virus disease: The ‘Black Swan’ in West Africa

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2-5

  Brown, Colin ^a   Arkell, Paul ^a   Rokadiya, Sakib ^a  

^a King's College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BRINCIDOFOVIR; FAVIPIRAVIR; TKM EBOLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZMAPP;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA;

EBOLA VIRUS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 84920640275     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049475514564269     Document Type: Article

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