Ebola: Lessons learned and future challenges for Europe

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 259-263

  Quaglio, GianLuca ^a   Goerens, Charles ^b   Putoto, Giovanni ^c   Rübig, Paul ^b   Lafaye, Pierre ^d   Karapiperis, Theodoros ^a   Dario, Claudio ^e   Delaunois, Paul ^g   Zachariah, Rony ^f  

^a European Parliamentary Research Service   (Belgium)

^b European Parliament   (Belgium)

^c Doctors with Africa CUAMM   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f Medical Department   (Luxembourg)

^g MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; CUBA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIBERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SIERRA LEONE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL HEALTH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 84957426927     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00361-8     Document Type: Review

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