Pregnancy, labor, and delivery after ebola virus disease and implications for infection control in obstetric services, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1156-1161

  Kamali, Amanda ^a,b   Jamieson, Denise J ^a   Kpaduwa, Julius ^c   Schrier, Sarah ^c   Kim, Moon ^b   Green, Nicole M ^b   Ströher, Ute ^a   Muehlenbachs, Atis ^a   Bell, Michael ^a   Rollin, Pierre E ^a   Mascola, Laurene ^b  

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

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Greater El Monte Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; LABOR; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AFRICA; BIRTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974834798     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2207.160269     Document Type: Article

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