Mortality, Morbidity and Health-Seeking Behaviour during the Ebola Epidemic 2014–2015 in Monrovia Results from a Mobile Phone Survey

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Kuehne, Anna ^a,b   Lynch, Emily ^b   Marshall, Esaie ^b   Tiffany, Amanda ^b   Alley, Ian ^b   Bawo, Luke ^c   Massaquoi, Moses ^c   Lodesani, Claudia ^d   Le Vaillant, Philippe ^d   Porten, Klaudia ^b   Gignoux, Etienne ^b  

^a ECDC   (Sweden)

^b EPICENTRE   (France)

^c Ministry of Health   (Liberia)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; NEIGHBORHOOD; RECALL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; FAMILY SIZE; LIBERIA; MOBILE PHONE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; EPIDEMICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84988736504     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004899     Document Type: Article

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