Active tracing and monitoring of contacts associated with the first cluster of Ebola in the United States

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 164-173

  Chung, Wendy M ^a   Smith, Jessica C ^a   Weil, Lauren M ^a   Hughes, Sonya M ^a   Joyner, Sibeso N ^a   Hall, Emily M ^a   Ritch, Julia ^a   Srinath, Divya ^a   Goodman, Edward ^b   Chevalier, Michelle S ^c   Epstein, Lauren ^d   Hunter, Jennifer C ^d   Kallen, Alexander J ^d   Karwowski, Mateusz P ^c   Kuhar, David T ^d   Smith, Charnetta ^c   Petersen, Lyle R ^d   Mahon, Barbara E ^d   Lakey, David L ^e   Schrag, Stephanie J ^c  

^a Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

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

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

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; UNITED STATES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING STAFF; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION;

CONTACT TRACING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUARANTINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS;

EID: 84938789982     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0968     Document Type: Article

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