The role of the polio program infrastructure in response to Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria 2014

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 213, Issue , 2016, Pages S140-S146

  Vaz, Rui G ^a   Mkanda, Pascal ^a   Banda, Richard ^a   Komkech, William ^a   Ekundare Famiyesin, Olubowale O ^a   Onyibe, Rosemary ^a   Abidoye, Sunday ^a   Nsubuga, Peter ^b   Maleghemi, Sylvester ^b   Hannah Murele, Bolatito ^a   Tegegne, Sisay G ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Global Public Health Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola virus disease; National emergency operation center; Nigeria; polio program infrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE FATALITY RATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY; POLIOMYELITIS; PROCEDURES;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84966333738     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv581     Document Type: Article

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