Addressing the Complications of Ebola and Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Infections: Using Insights from Bacterial and Fungal Sepsis

Judith Hellman

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005088

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Addressing the Complications of Ebola and Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Infections: Using Insights from Bacterial and Fungal Sepsis

Judith Hellman

* E-mail: Judith.Hellman@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Division of Critical Care Medicine Faculty, Biomedical Sciences and Immunology Programs, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Addressing the Complications of Ebola and Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Infections: Using Insights from Bacterial and Fungal Sepsis

Judith Hellman

Published: October 1, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005088

About the Authors

Judith Hellman

* E-mail: Judith.Hellman@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Division of Critical Care Medicine Faculty, Biomedical Sciences and Immunology Programs, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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