Personal Protective Equipment for Filovirus Epidemics: A Call for Better Evidence

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue , 2015, Pages S98-S100

  Sprecher, Armand G ^a   Caluwaerts, An ^a   Draper, Mike ^b   Feldmann, Heinz ^c   Frey, Clifford P ^d   Funk, Renee H ^e   Kobinger, Gary ^f   Le Duc, James W ^g   Spiropoulou, Christina ^h   Williams, Warren Jon ^e  

^a Operational Center of Brussels   (Belgium)

^b Microgard Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d 3M COMPANY   (United States)

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

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ebola; heat stress disorders; hemorrhagic fever; protective clothing

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COST; COUGHING; DISINFECTION; DNA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; EYE PROTECTION; FACIAL PROTECTION; FILOVIRUS; FILOVIRUS INFECTION; HAND CONTAMINATION; HEAT STRESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MOUTH PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE PROTECTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHI X 174 VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENTRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WIPING; FILOVIRIDAE; FILOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; FILOVIRIDAE; FILOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84943233205     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv153     Document Type: Review

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