The 2014-2015 ebola saga: Lessons for the future

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-2

  Ayukekbong, James A ^a  

^a Redeem Biomedical System   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84958116558     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206138     Document Type: Editorial

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