Countries’ response to WHO’s travel recommendations during the 2013-2016 ebola outbreak;Mesures prises par les pays suite aux recommandations de l’OMS aux voyageurs lors de la flambée de maladie à virus Ebola de 2013-2016;Respuesta de los países a las recomendaciones sobre viajes de la oms durante el brote de ebola entre 2013 y 2016

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 10-17

  Rhymer, Wendy ^a   Speare, Rick ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; INTERNET; TOURISM; VIRUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMPORIATRICS; GOVERNMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUARANTINE; REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

WEST AFRICA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 85008395782     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.171579     Document Type: Article

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