Ebola in Children: a Personal Perspective

Overview

Journal J Virus Erad

Date 2016 Aug 3

PMID 27482413

Citations 2

Authors

Tejshri Shah

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Abstract

This article documents reflections of a paediatrician working with the medical non-governmental organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, in two Ebola Management Centres in Sierra Leone, in December 2014 and January 2015.

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