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Overcoming Operational Challenges to Ebola Case Investigation in Sierra Leone

Samuel T Boland, Erin Polich, Allison Connolly, Adam Hoar, Tom Sesay and Anh-Minh A Tran
Global Health: Science and Practice September 2017, 5(3):456-467; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00126
Samuel T Boland
aLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
bGOAL Global, Dublin, Ireland.
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vol. 5 no. 3 456-467
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00126
PubMed 
28751468

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: April 5, 2017
  • Accepted: May 23, 2017
  • Published online September 28, 2017.

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  1. Samuel T Bolanda,b⇑,
  2. Erin Polichb,
  3. Allison Connollyb,
  4. Adam Hoarb,
  5. Tom Sesayc,
  6. Anh-Minh A Tranb
  1. aLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
  2. bGOAL Global, Dublin, Ireland.
  3. cMinistry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
  1. Correspondence to Samuel Timothy Boland (boland.sam{at}gmail.com).
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