First secondary case of Ebola outside Africa: Epidemiological characteristics and contact monitoring, Spain, September to November 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lopaz M A ^a   Amela, C ^b   Ordobas, M ^a   Dominguez Berjon M F ^a   Alvarez C ^a   Martinez M ^a   Sierra, M J ^b   Simon, F ^b   Jansa J M ^c   Plachouras, D ^c   Astray, J ^a   Aguirre, R ^d   Aragon A ^d   Arce, A ^d   Camarero, M ^d   Cordoba E ^d   Cuevas, I ^d   Dominguez M J ^d   Garcia J ^d   Garcia Comas L ^d   Garcia, N ^d   Gascon M J ^d   Hernando, M ^d   Ibanez C ^d   Insua, E ^d   Jimenez S ^d   Lasheras, M D ^d   Mendez I ^d   Moratilla, L ^d   Navea, A ^d   Noguerales, R ^d   Novakova V ^d   Ortiz, H ^d   Rodero, I ^d   Rodriguez E ^d   San Miguel, L ^d   Taveira, J A ^d   Sanchez, A ^d   Santos, S ^d   Suarez, B ^d   Torijano, M J ^d   Valcarcel M A ^d   Velasco, M ^d   Zorrilla, B ^d   more..

^a Health Authority of the Autonomous Community of Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b Centre for the Coordination of Alerts and Health Emergencies Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; COUGHING; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALAISE; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; LIBERIA; TRANSMISSION;

CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LIBERIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84922060426     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.1.21003     Document Type: Article

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