Ebola policies that hinder epidemic response by limiting scientific discourse

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 240-241

  Asgary, Ramin ^a   Pavlin, Julie A ^b   Ripp, Jonathan A ^c   Reithinger, Richard ^d   Polyak, Christina S ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; WEST AFRICAN; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

EBOLA VIRUS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH POLICY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; POLITICS; QUARANTINE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84922287182     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0803     Document Type: Review

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