Hosting of mass gathering sporting events during the 2013–2016 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa: experience from three African countries | Zendy

Lucille Blumberg | Zendy; Jetri Regmi | Zendy; Tina Endricks | Zendy; Brian McCloskey | Zendy; Eskild Petersen | Zendy; Alimuddin Zumla | Zendy; Maurizio Barbeschi | Zendy

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Hosting of mass gathering sporting events during the 2013–2016 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa: experience from three African countries

Author(s) -

Lucille Blumberg,

Jetri Regmi,

Tina Endricks,

Brian McCloskey,

Eskild Petersen,

Alimuddin Zumla,

Maurizio Barbeschi

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.06.011

Subject(s) - sierra leone , ebola virus , outbreak , medicine , ebola hemorrhagic fever , mass gathering , infectious disease (medical specialty) , geography , disease , public health , socioeconomics , economic growth , environmental health , virology , nursing , pathology , sociology , economics

• Mass gatherings at sporting events attract millions of international and national host-country travellers, who may put themselves at risk of acquiring local endemic infectious diseases.

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