The role of social mobilization in controlling ebola virus in lofa county, Liberia

PLoS Currents

Volumn 7, Issue OUTBREAKS, 2015, Pages

  Fast, Shannon M ^a   Mekaru, Sumiko ^b   Brownstein, John S ^b   Postlethwaite, Timothy A ^a   Markuzon, Natasha ^a  

^a CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease model; Ebola; Human behavior; Social mobilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LIBERIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84958568932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.c3576278c66b22ab54a25e122fcdbec1     Document Type: Article

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