Reflections on the Ebola Public Health Emergency of International Concern, Part 1: Post-Ebola Syndrome: The Silent Outbreak

Affiliations

¹ Department of Research and Innovation, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
² St. Luke's International Surgical Studies, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁸ Department of Surgery and Integrative Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Akron, Ohio, USA.
⁹ Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Stanislaw P Stawicki et al. J Glob Infect Dis. 2017 Apr-Jun.

. 2017 Apr-Jun;9(2):41-44.

doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_20_17.

¹ Department of Research and Innovation, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
² St. Luke's International Surgical Studies, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁸ Department of Surgery and Integrative Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Akron, Ohio, USA.
⁹ Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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