Sex practices and awareness of Ebola virus disease among male survivors and their partners in Guinea

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Kondé, Mandy Kader ^a,b   Diop, Moustapha Keita ^c   Marie Yvonne, Curtis ^c   Barry, Abdoulaye ^b   Kouyaté, Saidou ^b   Ghilardi, Ludovica ^d   Kouyaté, Sékou ^c   Diallo, Aissatou Malal ^c   Magassouba, N'Faly ^a   Quick, Isadora ^e   Keïta, Mory ^f   Carroll, Miles W ^g,h   Jansa, Josep ⁱ   Subissi, Lorenzo ^f,i  

^a Guinée Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée Guinean infectiology research and training center   (Guinea)

^b FOSAD CEFORPAG   (Guinea)

^c Université Général Lansana Conté de Sonfonia Conakry   (Guinea)

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

^e INSERM   (France)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

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EID: 85061561267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000412     Document Type: Article

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