Implementation of a national semen testing and counseling program for male Ebola survivors — Liberia, 2015-2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 36, 2016, Pages 963-966

  Purpura, Lawrence J ^a   Soka, Moses ^b   Baller, April ^c   White, Stephen ^d   Rogers, Emerson ^b   Choi, Mary J ^a   Mahmoud, Nuha ^c   Wasunna, Christine ^d   Massaquoi, Moses ^b   Vanderende, Kristin ^a   Kollie, Jomah ^c   Dweh, Straker ^d   Bemah, Philip ^b   Christie, Athalia ^e   Ladele, Victor ^c   Subah, Onyekachi ^d   Pillai, Satish ^a   Mugisha, Margaret ^c   Kpaka, Jonathan ^d   Nichol, Stuart ^a   Ströher, Ute ^a   Abad, Neetu ^f   Mettee Zarecki, Shauna ^g   Bailey, Jeff A ^d   Rollin, Pierre ^a   Marston, Barbara ^e   Nyenswah, Tolbert ^b   Gasasira, Alex ^c   Knust, Barbara ^a   Williams, Desmond ^e   more..

^a CDC   (India)

^b Liberian Ministry of Health   (Liberia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Academic Consortium Combating Ebola   (Liberia)

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

^f National Center for HIV AIDS   (India)

^g Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIBERIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SPERM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; VIROLOGY;

COUNSELING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SEMEN; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84988345446     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6536a5     Document Type: Note

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