Viraemia and Ebola virus secretion in survivors of Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional cohort study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1052-1056

  Green, Edward ^a   Hunt, Luke ^b   Ross, J C Gareth ^c   Nissen, Nina Marie ^c   Curran, Tanya ^d   Badhan, Anjna ^e   Sutherland, Katherine A ^f   Richards, Jade ^g   Lee, James S ^h   Allen, Samuel H ⁱ   Laird, Steven ^j   Blackman, Mandy ^k   Collacott, Ian ^l   Parker, Paul A ^m   Walbridge, Andrew ⁿ   Phillips, Rebecca ^c   Sellu, Sia Jammie ^c   Dama, Agnes ^c   Sheriff, Alpha Karim ^c   Zombo, Joseph ^c   Ngegba, Doris ^c   Wurie, Alieh H ^o   Checchi, Francesco ^c   Brooks, Timothy J ^e   more..

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Public Health England Laboratories   (Sierra Leone)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k KETTERING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^m PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o Sierra Leone Ministry of Health   (Sierra Leone)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIERRA LEONE; URINALYSIS; VAGINAL SECRETION; ARTHRALGIA; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; SURVIVOR; URINE; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; SIERRA LEONE; SURVIVORS; VIREMIA;

EID: 84971265232     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30060-3     Document Type: Article

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