Clinical presentation of patients with Ebola virus disease in Conakry, Guinea.

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Published in N Engl J Med on November 05, 2014

Authors

Elhadj Ibrahima Bah1, Marie-Claire Lamah, Tom Fletcher, Shevin T Jacob, David M Brett-Major, Amadou Alpha Sall, Nahoko Shindo, William A Fischer, Francois Lamontagne, Sow Mamadou Saliou, Daniel G Bausch, Barry Moumié, Tim Jagatic, Armand Sprecher, James V Lawler, Thierry Mayet, Frederique A Jacquerioz, María F Méndez Baggi, Constanza Vallenas, Christophe Clement, Simon Mardel, Ousmane Faye, Oumar Faye, Baré Soropogui, Nfaly Magassouba, Lamine Koivogui, Ruxandra Pinto, Robert A Fowler

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