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  1. Infectious Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Pontchaillou University Hospital, INSERM U835, Université Rennes-I, Rennes, France

    Pierre Tattevin

  2. Internal Medicine, University of Naples SUN, Ospedale Monaldi, Naples, Italy

    Emanuele Durante-Mangoni

  3. Ebola Response and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia

    Moses Massaquoi

  4. Clinton Health Access Initiative, Monrovia, Liberia

    Moses Massaquoi

  5. Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, CHU Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35033, Rennes Cedex, France

    Pierre Tattevin

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Tattevin, P., Durante-Mangoni, E. & Massaquoi, M. Does this patient have Ebola virus disease?. Intensive Care Med 40, 1738–1741 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3473-7

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Keywords

  • Leptospirosis
  • Public Health Emergency
  • Infection Control Procedure
  • Virulent Human Pathogen
  • Diffuse Maculopapular Rash