Social Pathways for Ebola Virus Disease in Rural Sierra Leone, and Some Implications for Containment

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Richards, Paul ^a   Amara, Joseph ^a   Ferme, Mariane C ^b   Kamara, Prince ^a   Mokuwa, Esther ^a   Sheriff, Amara Idara ^a   Suluku, Roland ^a   Voors, Maarten ^c,d  

^a NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CROP PRODUCTION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAND USE; MARKET; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PROCEDURES;

CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84929462328     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003567     Document Type: Article

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