General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 446-452 , September 2008

The 1995 Kikwit Ebola outbreak: lessons hospitals and physicians can apply to future viral epidemics

  • Ryan C.W. Hall, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 407 322 8199; fax: +1 407 322 8169.
    • ,
  • Richard C.W. Hall, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of South Florida, Lake Mary, FL 32746, USA
    • ,
  • Marcia J. Chapman

      Affiliations

    • Research Assistant, Richard C.W. Hall, M.D., P.A., Lake Mary, FL, USA

Received 28 February 2008 ,Accepted 14 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.05.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 446-452 , September 2008

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