Implementation of ebola case-finding using a village chieftaincy taskforce in a remote outbreak — Liberia, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 183-185

  Hagan, José E ^a   Smith, Wilmot ^b   Pillai, Satish K ^c   Yeoman, Kristin ^d   Gupta, Sundeep ^a   Neatherlin, John ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^a   Lindblade, Kim A ^c   Decock, Kevin M ^a   Kateh, Francis ^e   Nyenswah, Tolbert ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Rivercess County Health Team   (Liberia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIBERIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TRAVEL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84924285063     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa. Contact tracing during an outbreak of Ebola virus disease. September 2014. Available at http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/ebola/contact-tracing/en.
2. CDC. Update: outbreak of Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever—Zaire, 1995. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1995;44:468–9, 475.
3. CDC. Famine-affected, refugee, and displaced populations: recommendations for public health issues. MMWR Recomm Rep 1992;41 (No. RR-13).