After action review of the response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone, 2019: Best practices and lessons learnt
<h4>Background</h4> In November 2019, an outbreak of Lassa Fever occurred among health workers in a non-endemic district in Sierra Leone. The outbreak resulted in five cases, including two that were exported to the Netherlands. The outbreak tested multiple technical capacities in the Int...
Main Authors: | Charles Njuguna, Mohamed Vandi, Evans Liyosi, Jane Githuku, James Sylvester Squire, Ian Njeru, Ian Rufus, Victoria Katawera, Wilson Gachari, Robert Musoke, Claudette Amuzu, Mukeh Fahnbulleh, Joseph Bunting-Graden, Janet Kayita, James Bunn, Ambrose Talisuna, Zabulon Yoti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534430/?tool=EBI |
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