Seroprevalence of Ebola virus infection in Bombali District, Sierra Leone

Nadege Goumkwa Mafopa; Gianluca Russo; Raoul Emeric Guetiya Wadoum; Emmanuel Iwerima; Vincent Batwala; Marta Giovanetti; Antonella Minutolo; Patrick Turay; Thomas B. Turay; Brima Kargbo; Massimo Amicosante; Mattei Maurizio; Carla Montesano; Ebola Study Group

doi:10.4081/jphia.2017.732

Journal of Public Health in Africa (Dec 2017)

Seroprevalence of Ebola virus infection in Bombali District, Sierra Leone

Nadege Goumkwa Mafopa,
Gianluca Russo,
Raoul Emeric Guetiya Wadoum,
Emmanuel Iwerima,
Vincent Batwala,
Marta Giovanetti,
Antonella Minutolo,
Patrick Turay,
Thomas B. Turay,
Brima Kargbo,
Massimo Amicosante,
Mattei Maurizio,
Carla Montesano,
Ebola Study Group

Affiliations

Nadege Goumkwa Mafopa: University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon; University of Makeni, Makeni, Sierra Leone; Holy Spirit Hospital, Maken
Gianluca Russo: Holy Spirit Hospital, Makeni, Sierra Leone; La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
Raoul Emeric Guetiya Wadoum: University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon; University of Makeni, Makeni, Sierra Leone; Holy Spirit Hospital, Makeni, Sierra Leone; University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome
Emmanuel Iwerima: African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
Vincent Batwala: African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa; Directorate of Research and Graduate Training, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Marta Giovanetti: Holy Spirit Hospital, Makeni, Sierra Leone; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome
Antonella Minutolo: Holy Spirit Hospital, Makeni, Sierra Leone; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome
Patrick Turay: Holy Spirit Hospital, Makeni
Thomas B. Turay: Partner Relief Development, Freetown
Brima Kargbo: Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown
Massimo Amicosante: University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome
Mattei Maurizio: University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome
Carla Montesano: University of Makeni, Makeni, Sierra Leone; Holy Spirit Hospital, Makeni, Sierra Leone; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome
Ebola Study Group

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2017.732
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 2

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A serosurvey of anti-Ebola Zaire virus nucleoprotein IgG prevalence was carried out among Ebola virus disease survivors and their Community Contacts in Bombali District, Sierra Leone. Our data suggest that the specie of Ebola virus (Zaire) responsible of the 2013-2016 epidemic in West Africa may cause mild or asymptomatic infection in a proportion of cases, possibly due to an efficient immune response.

Published in Journal of Public Health in Africa

ISSN: 2038-9922 (Print); 2038-9930 (Online)
Publisher: AOSIS
Country of publisher: South Africa
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: http://www.publichealthinafrica.org

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