Ebola viral disease and pregnancy

Obstetric Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 108-113

  Black, Benjamin O ^a   Caluwaerts, Séverine ^b   Achar, Jay ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ebola; Ebola viral disease; epidemics; global health; haemorrhagic fever; humanitarian; maternal medicine; maternal mortality; obstetrics; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FAMILY PLANNING; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC EXAMINATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84942326998     PISSN: 1753495X     EISSN: 17534968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753495X15597354     Document Type: Review

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