Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa: Lessons learned and issues arising from West African countries

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-57

  Oleribe, Obinna O ^a,f   Salako, Babatunde L ^b   Ka, M Mourtalla ^c   Akpalu, Albert ^d   McConnochie, Mairi ^e   Foster, Matthew ^e   Taylor Robinson, Simon D ^e  

^a Excellence and Friends Management Care Center (EFMC)   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Centre Hospitalier Regional de Thies   (Senegal)

^d KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ebola; Ghana; Nigeria; Senegal; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GHANA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NIGERIA; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; SENEGAL; VIRAL CLEARANCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 85015135597     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-54     Document Type: Article

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