Ebola Surveillance — Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
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Ebola Surveillance - Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Developing a surveillance system during a public health emergency is always challenging but is especially so in countries with limited public health infrastructure. Surveillance for Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in the West African countries heavily affected by Ebola (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) faced numerous impediments, including insufficient numbers of trained staff, community reticenc...
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عنوان ژورنال: MMWR Supplements
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2380-8950,2380-8942
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su6503a6