Cluster of ebola virus disease linked to a single funeral — Moyamba district, sierra leone, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 202-205

  Curran, Kathryn G ^a   Gibson, James J ^a   Marke, Dennis ^b   Caulker, Victor ^b   Bomeh, John ^b   Redd, John T ^a   Bunga, Sudhir ^a   Brunkard, Joan ^a   Kilmarx, Peter H ^a  

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

^b Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIERRA LEONE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960078809     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6508a2     Document Type: Article

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