Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2016)

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

  • Kim A. Lindblade,
  • Tolbert G. Nyenswah,
  • Sakoba Keita,
  • Boubakar Diallo,
  • Francis Kateh,
  • Aurora Amoah,
  • Thomas K. Nagbe,
  • Pratima Raghunathan,
  • John C. Neatherlin,
  • Mike Kinzer,
  • Satish K. Pillai,
  • Kathleen R. Attfield,
  • Rana Hajjeh,
  • Emmanuel Dweh,
  • John A. Painter,
  • Danielle T. Barradas,
  • Seymour G. Williams,
  • David J. Blackley,
  • Hannah L. Kirking,
  • Monita R. Patel,
  • Monica Dea,
  • Mehran S. Massoudi,
  • Albert E. Barskey,
  • Shauna L. Mettee Zarecki,
  • Moses Fomba,
  • Steven Grube,
  • Lisa Belcher,
  • Laura N. Broyles,
  • T. Nikki Maxwell,
  • Jose E. Hagan,
  • Kristin Yeoman,
  • Matthew Westercamp,
  • Joshua Mott,
  • Frank Mahoney,
  • Laurence Slutsker,
  • Kevin M. DeCock,
  • Barbara J. Marston,
  • Benjamin A. Dahl

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2209.160416
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 9
pp. 1653 – 1655

Abstract

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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.

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