Epidemiology of Ebola virus disease transmission among health care workers in Sierra Leone, May to December 2014: A retrospective descriptive study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Olu, Olushayo ^a   Kargbo, Brima ^b   Kamara, Sarian ^b   Wurie, Alie H ^b   Amone, Jackson ^c   Ganda, Louisa ^d   Ntsama, Bernard ^e   Poy, Alain ^f   Kuti George, Fredson ^d   Engedashet, Etsub ^d   Worku, Negusu ^d   Cormican, Martin ^g   Okot, Charles ^h   Yoti, Zabulon ^d   Kamara, Kande Bure ⁱ   Chitala, Kennedy ^j   Chimbaru, Alex ^d   Kasolo, Francis ^f  

^a WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d WHO ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^e World Health Organization Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^f WHO African Regional Office (AFRO)   (Congo)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^h WHO   (Uganda)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^j WHO   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

Ebola; Health care; Transmission; Virus; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIERRA LEONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944036751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1166-7     Document Type: Article

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