Ebola in West Africa — CDC’s role in epidemic detection, control, and prevention

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1897-1905

  Frieden, Thomas R ^a   Damon, Inger K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AFRICA; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944628975     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2111.150949     Document Type: Article

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