Evaluation of a national call center and a local alerts system for detection of new cases of ebola virus disease — Guinea, 2014–2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 227-230

  Lee, Christopher T ^a,b,c   Bulterys, Marc ^a,b,d   Martel, Lise D ^a,b   Dahl, Benjamin A ^a,b  

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

^b CDC Ebola Response Team   (Guinea)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION STUDY; GUINEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOTLINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EPIDEMICS; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84960359502     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6509a2     Document Type: Article

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