Chicago Ebola Response Network (CERN): A Citywide Cross-hospital Collaborative for Infectious Disease Preparedness

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1554-1557

  Lateef, Omar ^a   Hota, Bala ^a   Landon, Emily ^b   Kociolek, Larry K ^c   Morita, Julie ^d   Black, Stephanie ^d   Noskin, Gary ^e   Kelleher, Michael ^c   Curell, Krista ^b   Galat, Amy ^e   Ansell, David ^a   Segreti, John ^a   Weber, Stephen G ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Lurie Children s Hospital   (United States)

^d CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; network; preparedness; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICAGO EBOLA RESPONSE NETWORK; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CIVIL DEFENSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ILLINOIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHICAGO; CIVIL DEFENSE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84947705233     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ510     Document Type: Article

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