Ebola and its control in Liberia, 2014-2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 169-177

  Nyenswah, Tolbert G ^a   Kateh, Francis ^a   Bawo, Luke ^a   Massaquoi, Moses ^a   Gbanyan, Miatta ^a   Fallah, Mosoka ^a   Nagbe, Thomas K ^a   Karsor, Kollie K ^a   Wesseh, C Sanford ^a   Sieh, Sonpon ^a   Gasasira, Alex ^b   Graaff, Peter ^c   Hensley, Lisa ^d   Rosling, Hans ^a,e   Lo, Terence ^f   Pillai, Satish K ^f   Gupta, Neal ^f   Montgomery, Joel M ^f   Ransom, Ray L ^f   Williams, Desmond ^f   Laney, A Scott ^f   Lindblade, Kim A ^f   Slutsker, Laurence ^f   Telfer, Jana L ^f   Christie, Athalia ^f   Mahoney, Frank ^f   De Cock, Kevin M ^f   more..

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response   (Liberia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIBERIA; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ISOLATION;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LIBERIA; PATIENT ISOLATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84955102624     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2202.151456     Document Type: Article

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