Challenge of Liquid Stressed Protective Materials and Environmental Persistence of Ebola Virus

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Nikiforuk, Aidan M ^a,b,c   Cutts, Todd A ^a,b   Theriault, Steven S ^a,b,c   Cook, Bradley W M ^a,b,c  

^a Public Health Agency of Canada   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLIMATE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; ENVIRONMENT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 85021644305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04137-2     Document Type: Article

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