A practical community-based response strategy to interrupt Ebola transmission in sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Li, Zhong Jie ^a   Tu, Wen Xiao ^a   Wang, Xiao Chun ^b   Shi, Guo Qing ^a   Yin, Zun Dong ^a   Su, Hai Jun ^c   Shen, Tao ^a   Zhang, Da Peng ^b   Li, Jian Dong ^a   Lv, Shan ^a   Cao, Chun Li ^a   Xie, Rui Qian ^d   Lu, Hong Zhou ^e   Jiang, Rong Meng ^f   Cao, Zheng ^g   An, Zhi Jie ^a   Li, Lei Lei ^a   Xu, Jie ^b   Xiong, Yan Wen ^a   Zang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Wei ^d   Zhang, Hong Wei ^h   Chen, Wen Sen ⁱ   Ling, Hua ^j   Xu, Wen ^k   Cai, Jian ^l   Luo, Huan Jin ^m   Xing, Xue Sheng ^a   Zheng, Can Jun ^a   Wei, Qiang ^a   Li, Xin Xu ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Jiang, Hai ^a   Deng, Li Quan ⁿ   Chen, Ming Quan ^o   Huo, Xiang ^p   Xu, Feng ^q   Lai, Xue Hui ^r   Bai, Xi Chen ^s   Ye, Long Jie ^g   Yao, Jian Yi ^a   Yin, Wen Wu ^a   Sun, Jiao Jin ^a   Xiao, Lin ^t   Liu, Fu Qiang ^u   Liu, Xiao Qiang ^k   Fan, Hong Wei ^v   Kou, Zeng Qiang ^w   Zhou, Ji Kun ^x   Zhang, Hao ^g   Ni, Da Xin ^a   Samba, Thomas T ^y   Li, Qun ^a   Yu, Hong Jie ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Liang, Xiao Feng ^a   more..

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Bureau of Disease Control   (China)

^d Chinese Centre for Health Education   (China)

^e SHANGHAI PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER   (China)

^f CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Chinese Center for Health Education ^*  (China)

^h CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j Chongqing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^k YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^l ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^m GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

ⁿ Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^o FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^q THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^r Prevention and Control Center for Occupational Diseases   (China)

^s China Population and Development Research Center   (China)

^t Jingzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^u Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^v PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^w Institute of Bacterial Infectious Diseases Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^x Shijiazhuang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^y Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

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Author keywords

Community engagement; Ebola virus disease; Health education; Outbreak control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKSHOP; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988421346     PISSN: 20955162     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-016-0167-0     Document Type: Article

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