Ebola response in Sierra Leone: The impact on children

Journal of Infection

Volumn 72, Issue , 2016, Pages S6-S12

  Fitzgerald, Felicity ^a,b   Awonuga, Waheed ^c   Shah, Tejshri ^d   Youkee, Daniel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c Western Area Emergency Response Centre   (Sierra Leone)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Children; Ebola virus disease; Paediatrics; Viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SIERRA LEONE; VENOUS BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84969932757     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.04.016     Document Type: Article

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