Interrupting Ebola transmission in Liberia through community-based initiatives

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 367-369

  Fallah, Mosoka ^a   Dahn, Bernice ^a   Nyenswah, Tolbert G ^a   Massaquoi, Moses ^a   Skrip, Laura A ^a   Yamin, Dan ^a   Mbah, Martial Ndeffo ^a   Joe, Netty ^a   Freeman, Siedoh ^a   Harris, Thomas ^a   Benson, Zinnah ^a   Galvani, Alison P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; AWARENESS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIBERIA; NOTE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTACT TRACING; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA;

EID: 84959262092     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-1464     Document Type: Note

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