Comment on “Ebola Virus Infection among Western Healthcare Workers Unable to Recall the Transmission Route”

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  • Mark G Kortepeter
  • Theodore J Cieslak
  • Elena H Kwon
  • Philip W Smith
  • Christopher J Kratochvil
  • Angela L Hewlett
چکیده

1 Medical Division, Laulima Government Solutions, Orlando, FL, USA 2 US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, MD, USA 3 College of Public Health, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA 4 Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and College of Public Health, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA 5 Medical Division, USAMRIID, 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA 6 College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA 7 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA 8 Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA 9 UNeHealth, Omaha, NE, USA 10Division of Infectious Diseases and Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

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دوره 2017  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2017