Estimating the number of secondary Ebola cases resulting from an unsafe burial and risk factors for transmission during the West Africa Ebola epidemic

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Tiffany, Amanda ^a   Dalziel, Benjamin D ^b   Kagume Njenge, Hilary ^c   Johnson, Ginger ^d   Nugba Ballah, Roselyn ^e   James, Daniel ^f   Wone, Abdoulaye ^g   Bedford, Juliet ^h   McClelland, Amanda ⁱ  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies   (Liberia)

^d Anthrologica   (United States)

^e Liberian Red Cross   (Liberia)

^f Sierra Leone Red Cross Society   (Sierra Leone)

^g International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies   (Guinea)

^h Anthrologica   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Intl Federation of Red Cross   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BURIAL; CAREGIVER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; GENDER; GUINEA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RED CROSS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SECONDARY INFECTION; SIERRA LEONE; AFRICA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; BURIAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021675505     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005491     Document Type: Article

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