Enhancing preparation for large Nipah outbreaks beyond Bangladesh: Preventing a tragedy like Ebola in West Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue , 2018, Pages 69-72

  Donaldson, Halsie ^a   Lucey, Daniel ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nipah; Nipah countermeasures; Nipah epidemics beyond Bangladesh; One Health

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; PHILIPPINES; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NIPAH VIRUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EPIDEMICS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIPAH VIRUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85048751853     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.05.015     Document Type: Short Survey

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