Risk perceptions of MSF healthcare workers on the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-68

  Sridhar, S ^a,b   Brouqui, P ^a,b   Fontaine, J ^d   Perivier, I ^e   Ruscassier, P ^e   Gautret, P ^a,b   Regner I ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Learning Focal Point   (Belgium)

^e Mèdecins Sans Frontière   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative optimism; Ebola; Healthcare workers; Risk perception; Training

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OPTIMISM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; TRAVEL;

EID: 84977548567     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.04.010     Document Type: Article

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