Fears and Misperceptions of the Ebola Response System during the 2014-2015 Outbreak in Sierra Leone

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Yamanis, Thespina ^a   Nolan, Elisabeth ^a   Shepler, Susan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEAR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIERRA LEONE; VOMITING; EPIDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994309650     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005077     Document Type: Article

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