Adapting the mobile laboratory to the changing needs of the ebolavirus epidemic

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 587-590

  Inglis, Timothy J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOBILE LABORATORY; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS;

EID: 84935115261     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000063     Document Type: Review

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