Extending the “Social”: Anthropological Contributions to the Study of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Brown, Hannah ^a   Kelly, Ann H ^b,c   Marí Sáez, Almudena ^d   Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^e   Ansumana, Rashid ^f   Bonwitt, Jesse ^a   Magassouba, N’Faly ^g   Sahr, Foday ^h   Borchert, Matthias ^c,d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^f Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory   (Sierra Leone)

^g Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department National Hospital Donka   (Guinea)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMMENSAL; EBOLAVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84929484743     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003651     Document Type: Article

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