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Considerations regarding safe transport and transfer for Ebola patients in western countries

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This work is partly supported by EC Grant EuroNHID (2006205).

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  1. Epidemiology and Pre-clinical Research Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Via Portuense 292, 00149, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Maria Fusco, Vincenzo Puro & Giuseppe Ippolito

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Fusco, F.M., Puro, V. & Ippolito, G. Considerations regarding safe transport and transfer for Ebola patients in western countries. Intensive Care Med 41, 1175–1176 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3825-y

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