Community knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding Ebola virus disease — Five counties, Liberia, September–October, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 714-718

  Kobayashi, Miwako ^a,b   Beer, Karlyn D ^a,c   Bjork, Adam ^a   Chatham Stephens, Kevin ^a,d   Cherry, Cara C ^a,e   Arzoaquoi, Sampson ^f   Frank, Wilmot ^g   Kumeh, Odell ^h   Sieka, Joseph ⁱ   Yeiah, Adolphus ^j   Painter, Julia E ^a,c   Yoder, Jonathan S ^c   Flannery, Brendan ^b   Mahoney, Frank ^a   Nyenswah, Tolbert G ^k  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^f Bong County Health Office   (Liberia)

^g Sinoe County Health Office   (Liberia)

^h Maryland County Health Office   (United States)

ⁱ River Gee County Health Office   (Liberia)

^j Margibi County Health Office   (Liberia)

^k Ministry of Health   (Liberia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBERIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936993625     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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