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Secondary Infections with Ebola Virus in Rural Communities, Liberia and Guinea, 2014-2015.


ABSTRACT: Persons who died of Ebola virus disease at home in rural communities in Liberia and Guinea resulted in more secondary infections than persons admitted to Ebola treatment units. Intensified monitoring of contacts of persons who died of this disease in the community is an evidence-based approach to reduce virus transmission in rural communities.

SUBMITTER: Lindblade KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4994349 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Secondary Infections with Ebola Virus in Rural Communities, Liberia and Guinea, 2014-2015.

Lindblade Kim A KA   Nyenswah Tolbert T   Keita Sakoba S   Diallo Boubakar B   Kateh Francis F   Amoah Aurora A   Nagbe Thomas K TK   Raghunathan Pratima P   Neatherlin John C JC   Kinzer Mike M   Pillai Satish K SK   Attfield Kathleen R KR   Hajjeh Rana R   Dweh Emmanuel E   Painter John J   Barradas Danielle T DT   Williams Seymour G SG   Blackley David J DJ   Kirking Hannah L HL   Patel Monita R MR   Dea Monica M   Massoudi Mehran S MS   Barskey Albert E AE   Zarecki Shauna L Mettee SL   Fomba Moses M   Grube Steven S   Belcher Lisa L   Broyles Laura N LN   Maxwell T Nikki TN   Hagan Jose E JE   Yeoman Kristin K   Westercamp Matthew M   Mott Joshua J   Mahoney Frank F   Slutsker Laurence L   DeCock Kevin M KM   Marston Barbara B   Dahl Benjamin B  

Emerging infectious diseases 20160915 9


Persons who died of Ebola virus disease at home in rural communities in Liberia and Guinea resulted in more secondary infections than persons admitted to Ebola treatment units. Intensified monitoring of contacts of persons who died of this disease in the community is an evidence-based approach to reduce virus transmission in rural communities. ...[more]

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