Ebola transmission linked to a single traditional funeral ceremony — Kissidougou, Guinea, December, 2014–January 2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 386-388

  Victory, Kerton R ^a,b   Coronado, Fátima ^a   Ifono, Sâa O ^c   Soropogui, Therese ^d   Dahl, Benjamin A ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Guinea Ministry of Health   (Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; FUNERAL RITES; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930794022     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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