Ebola: A West African perspective

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-22

  Etuk, E E ^a,b  

^a Queen Esther Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b Nigeria and Contract Consultant Paediatrician   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Control; Ebola; Epidemic; Outbreak; West Africa

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FLUID THERAPY; GOVERNMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOURISM; TRAINING; WEST AFRICAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; NIGERIA;

EID: 84926313411     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2015.105     Document Type: Article

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