Sustained transmission of Ebola in new locations: more likely than previously thought

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 1058-1059

  Thompson, Robin N ^a   Jalava, Katri ^b   Obolski, Uri ^c  

^a CHRIST CHURCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOST; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 85072536610     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30483-9     Document Type: Letter

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