From 1976 to 2018: Reflections on early investigations into the Ebola virus

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 527-528

  Piot, Peter ^a   Spencer, Julia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebola; haemorrhagic fever; policy

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VACCINE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DRUG MANUFACTURE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MARBURGVIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YELLOW FEVER; AFRICA; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; PATHOGENICITY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 85057208703     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/try088     Document Type: Review

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