Human transmission of Ebola virus

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-58

  Lawrence, Philip ^a,b   Danet, Nicolas ^a   Reynard, Olivier ^a   Volchkova, Valentina ^a   Volchkov, Viktor ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEROSOL; DIRECT CONTACT; DROPLET TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOMITE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS EVOLUTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLAVIRUS; TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 85007162645     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2016.11.013     Document Type: Review

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