Rethinking the discharge policy for ebola convalescents in an accelerating epidemic

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 238-239

  O'Dempsey, Tim ^a   Khan, S Humarr ^c   Bausch, Daniel G ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVALESCENCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AFRICA; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION;

EBOLA VIRUS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84922318799     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0719     Document Type: Review

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