Public health impact of the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa: Seizing opportunities for the future

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Delamou, Alexandre ^a   Delvaux, Thérèse ^b   El Ayadi, Alison Marie ^c   Beavogui, Abdoul Habib ^a   Okumura, Junko ^d   Van Damme, Wim ^b   De Brouwere, Vincent ^b  

^a University of Conakry   (Guinea)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85048007930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000202     Document Type: Note

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