Experience on the management of the first imported ebola virus disease case in Senegal

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Abdoulaye, Bousso ^a   Moussa, Seydi ^b   Daye, Ka ^b   Boubakar, Badiane Seydou ^a   Cor, Sarr Samba ^a   Idrissa, Talla ^a   Mama Dou, Ndiaye El Hadj ^a   Oumar, Ba Ibrahima ^a   Tidiane, Ndour Cheikh ^b   Selly, Ly Mamadou ^a   Tacko, Diop Cheikh ^b   Amadou, Diack Papa ^a   Mandi Aye, Loume ^a   Mbaye, Diouf ^a   Marie, Coll Seck Awa ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Senegal)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Ebola; Imported case; Managment; Senegal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FAMILY; FEVER; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT MONITORING; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENEGAL; TRAVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; ZAIRE EBOLAVIRUS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; CONTACT TRACING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; SENEGAL; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012093452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/PAMJ.SUPP.2015.22.1.6109     Document Type: Article

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