Epidemiological profile of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July-September 2014

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Musa, Emmanuel Onunche ^a   Adedire, Elizabeth ^b   Adeoye, Olawunmi ^b   Adewuyi, Peter ^b   Waziri, Ndadilnasiya ^b   Nguku, Patrick ^b   Nanjuya, Miriam ^a   Adebayo, Bisola ^c   Fatiregun, Akinola ^d   Enya, Bassey ^a   Ohuabunwo, Chima ^b   Sabitu, Kabiru ^b,e   Shuaib, Faisal ^f   Okoh, Alex ^f   Oguntimehin, Olukayode ^g   Onyekwere, Nnanna ^h   Nasidi, Abdulsalami ⁱ   Olayinka, Adebola ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Communicable Diseases ^*  (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^d State Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^e AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^f Ministry of Federal Health Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^g Lagos State Primary Health Care Board   (Nigeria)

^h Rivers State Ministry of Justice   (Nigeria)

ⁱ NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ebola virus disease outbreak; Epidemiological profile; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIBERIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NIGERIA; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MOBILIZATION; VOMITING; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947061321     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.21.331.5834     Document Type: Article

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