Evolution of ebola virus disease from exotic infection to global health priority, Liberia, mid-2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 578-584

  Arwady, M Allison ^a   Bawo, Luke ^b   Hunter, Jennifer C ^a   Massaquoi, Moses ^b   Matanock, Almea ^a   Dahn, Bernice ^b   Ayscue, Patrick ^a   Nyenswah, Tolbert ^b   Forrester, Joseph D ^a   Hensley, Lisa E ^c   Monroe, Benjamin ^a   Schoepp, Randal J ^d   Chen, Tai Ho ^a   Schaecher, Kurt E ^d   George, Thomas ^a   Rouse, Edward ^a   Schafer, Ilana J ^a   Pillai, Satish K ^a   De Cock, Kevin M ^a  

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

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LIBERIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EBOLAVIRUS; GENETICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EBOLAVIRUS; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIBERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84925012670     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2104.141940     Document Type: Article

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