The current Ebola outbreak: Old and new contexts

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1378-1380

  Bellizzi, Saverio ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ebola hemorrhagic fever; Infection control; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST AFRICAN; AFRICA; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 84924250718     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.6142     Document Type: Article

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