Exposure Patterns Driving Ebola Transmission in West Africa: A Retrospective Observational Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Agua Agum, Junerlyn ^a   Ariyarajah, Archchun ^a   Aylward, Bruce ^a   Bawo, Luke ^b   Bilivogui, Pepe ^c   Blake, Isobel M ^d   Brennan, Richard J ^a   Cawthorne, Amy ^a   Cleary, Eilish ^a   Clement, Peter ^a   Conteh, Roland ^e   Cori, Anne ^d   Dafae, Foday ^e   Dahl, Benjamin ^f   Dangou, Jean Marie ^a   Diallo, Boubacar ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^d   Dorigatti, Ilaria ^d   Dye, Christopher ^a   Eckmanns, Tim ^a,g   Fallah, Mosoka ^b   Ferguson, Neil M ^d   Fiebig, Lena ^g   Fraser, Christophe ^d,h   Garske, Tini ^d   Gonzalez, Lice ^a   Hamblion, Esther ^a   Hamid, Nuha ^a   Hersey, Sara ^f   Hinsley, Wes ^d   Jambei, Amara ^e   Jombart, Thibaut ^d   Kargbo, David ^e   Keita, Sakoba ^c   Kinzer, Michael ^f   George, Fred Kuti ^a   Godefroy, Beatrice ^a   Gutierrez, Giovanna ^a   Kannangarage, Niluka ^a   Mills, Harriet L ^d,i   Moller, Thomas ^j   Meijers, Sascha ^a   Mohamed, Yasmine ^a   Morgan, Oliver ^f   Nedjati Gilani, Gemma ^d   Newton, Emily ^a   Nouvellet, Pierre ^d   Nyenswah, Tolbert ^b   Perea, William ^a   Perkins, Devin ^a   Riley, Steven ^d   Rodier, Guenael ^a   Rondy, Marc ^k   Sagrado, Maria ^a   Savulescu, Camelia ^k   Schafer, Ilana J ^f   Schumacher, Dirk ^a,g   Seyler, Thomas ^k   Shah, Anita ^a   Van Kerkhove, Maria D ^d   Wesseh, C Samford ^b   Yoti, Zabulon ^a   more..

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health   (Liberia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Guinea)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Former MCH Supervisor   (Sierra Leone)

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

^g ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^j European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (Guinea)

^k EPICONCEPT   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; LIBERIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SIERRA LEONE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84999737856     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002170     Document Type: Article

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