Hosting of mass gathering sporting events during the 2013–2016 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa: Experience from three African countries

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-41

  Blumberg, Lucille ^a   Regmi, Jetri ^b   Endricks, Tina ^c   McCloskey, Brian ^c   Petersen, Eskild ^d,e   Zumla, Alimuddin ^f   Barbeschi, Maurizio ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebola virus; Mass gathering; Sporting event; West Africa

Indexed keywords

YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BOTSWANA; COMPETITION; CONGO; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GAME; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPORTING EVENT; VACCINATION; WEST AFRICAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84979671175     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.06.011     Document Type: Article

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