Clinical profile and containment of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in two large West African cities, Nigeria, July–September 2014

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-29

  Ohuabunwo, Chima ^a,b   Ameh, Celestine ^c   Oduyebo, Oyin ^d   Ahumibe, Anthony ^c   Mutiu, Bamidele ^e   Olayinka, Adebola ^c,f   Gbadamosi, Wasiu ^g   Garcia, Erika ^h   Nanclares, Carolina ⁱ   Famiyesin, Wale ^h   Mohammed, Abdulaziz ^c   Nguku, Patrick ^a,c   Koko, Richard I ^h   Obasanya, Joshua ^j   Adebayo, Durojaye ^j   Gbadegesin, Yemi ^j   Idigbe, Oni ^k   Oguntimehin, Olukayode ^l   Nyanti, Sara ^m   Nzuki, Charles ^m   Abdus Salam, Ismail ⁿ   Adeyemi, Joseph ^d   Onyekwere, Nnanna ^o   Musa, Emmanuel ^h   Brett Major, David ^h   Shuaib, Faisal ^m   Nasidi, Abdulsalami ^j   more..

^a African Field Epidemiology Network ^*  (Uganda)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^e LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^f AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^g Lagos State Mainland Hospital Yaba   (Nigeria)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^j NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Nigeria)

^k NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^l Lagos State Primary Health Care Board   (Nigeria)

^m UNICEF   (United States)

ⁿ Directorate of Pharmaceutical Services   (Nigeria)

^o Rivers State Ministry of Justice   (Nigeria)

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Author keywords

Clinical profile; Ebola virus disease; Gastroenteritis; Hemorrhagic fever; Nigeria; Outbreak containment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; BRAIN DISEASES; CITY; FEVER; HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CITIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84995813029     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.011     Document Type: Article

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