Seroepidemiology of HIV in Moyamba District, Sierra Leone, 2013-2016
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Clinical Features of and Risk Factors for Fatal Ebola Virus Disease, Moyamba District, Sierra Leone, December 2014–February 2015
The 2013-2016 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa infected >28,000 people, including >11,000 who died, and disrupted social life in the region. We retrospectively studied clinical signs and symptoms and risk factors for fatal outcome among 31 Ebola virus-positive patients admitted to the Ebola Treatment Center in Moyamba District, Sierra Leone. We found a higher rate of bleedin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2076-6270,2076-6270
DOI: 10.4314/sljbr.v8i2.8