Beyond Ebola: surveillance for all hemorrhagic fever in West Africa should be enhanced.
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Cite this article: Marie Munoz, Valéry Ridde, Seydou Yaro, Carol Bottger. Beyond Ebola: surveillance for all hemorrhagic fever in West Africa should be enhanced. Pan Afr Med J. 2015;22(Supp 1):3
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Pan African medical journal
دوره 22 Suppl 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015