Ebola: fever definitions might delay detection in non-epidemic areas

Lancet. 2014 Nov 15;384(9956):1743. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61787-6. Epub 2014 Nov 3.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Africa, Western / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
  • Delayed Diagnosis / statistics & numerical data*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Ebolavirus / isolation & purification
  • Epidemics
  • Female
  • Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / complications
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Risk Assessment