Guidance for contact tracing of cases of Lassa fever, Ebola or Marburg haemorrhagic fever on an airplane: results of a European expert consultation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Travel from countries where viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are endemic has increased significantly over the past decades. In several reported VHF events on airplanes, passenger trace back was initiated but the scale of the trace bac...

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Main Authors: Gilsdorf Andreas, Morgan Dilys, Leitmeyer Katrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/1014