Public health response to commercial airline travel of a person with Ebola virus infection — United States, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 63-66

  Regan, Joanna J ^a   Jungerman, Robynne ^a   Montiel, Sonia H ^a   Newsome, Kimberly ^b   Objio, Tina ^a   Washburn, Faith ^a   Roland, Efrosini ^a   Petersen, Emily ^c,d   Twentyman, Evelyn ^c,d   Olaiya, Oluwatosin ^c,d   Naughton, Mary ^a   Alvarado Ramy, Francisco ^a   Lippold, Susan A ^a   Tabony, Laura ^e   McCarty, Carolyn L ^c,f   Kinsey, Cara Bicking ^c,g   Barnes, Meghan ^h   Black, Stephanie ⁱ   Azzam, Ihsan ^j   Stanek, Danielle ^k   Sweitzer, John ^l   Valiani, Anita ^m   Kohl, Katrin S ^a   Brown, Clive ^a   Pesik, Nicki ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h Florida Department of Health Division of Disease Control and Health Protection ^*  (United States)

ⁱ CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j Nevada State Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^k FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^l MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^m North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Communicable Disease Branch   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

AIRCRAFT; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922454585     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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