Lactating mothers infected with Ebola virus: EBOV RTPCR of blood only may be insufficient

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Moreau, M ^a,b   Spencer, C ^b,c   Gozalbes, J G ^b   Colebunders, R ^d,e   Lefevre, A ^b,f   Gryseels, S ^d,g   Borremans, B ^d,g   Gunther, S ^g,h   Becker, D ^g,i   Bore, J A ^g   Koundouno, F R ^g   Di Caro, A ^g,j   Wolfel R ^g,k   Decroo, T ^l   Van Herp, M ^l   Peetermans, L ^m   Camara, A M ⁿ  

^a Centre Hospitalier Chretien   (Belgium)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^g European Mobile Laboratory Consortium   (Germany)

^h BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

ⁱ PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^k BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^l MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^m CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

ⁿ Centre Hospital Universitaire de Donka   (Guinea)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALAISE; MYALGIA; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WEAKNESS; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; EBOLAVIRUS; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOTHER; PROCEDURES; URINE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84922041976     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.3.21017     Document Type: Article

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