Preparing towards Preventing and Containing an Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak: What Socio-cultural Practices May Affect Containment Efforts in Ghana?

BACKGROUND: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a condition with high fatality. Though the disease is deadly, taking precautions to reduce contact with infected people and their secretions can prevent cross- infection. In the 2014 EVD outbreak, socio-cultural factors were identified to be responsible for t...

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Autores principales: Adongo, Philip Baba, Tabong, Philip Teg-Nefaah, Asampong, Emmanuel, Ansong, Joana, Robalo, Magda, Adanu, Richard M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27428069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004852