Upholding tuberculosis services during the 2014 Ebola storm: An encouraging experience from Conakry, Guinea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Ortuno Gutierrez, Nimer ^a   Zachariah, Rony ^b   Woldeyohannes, Desalegn ^c   Bangoura, Adama ^d   Chérif, Gba Foromo ^a   Loua, Francis ^a   Hermans, Veerle ^b   Tayler Smith, Katie ^b   Sikhondze, Welile ^e   Camara, Lansana Mady ^f  

^a Damien Foundation   (Guinea)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d National Tuberculosis Program (NTP)   (Guinea)

^e Ministry of Health   (Swaziland)

^f Guinée Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée Guinean infectiology research and training center   (Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUINEA; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COINFECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEALTH PLANNING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84984656908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157296     Document Type: Article

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