Contact Tracing during an Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the Western Area Districts of Sierra Leone: Lessons for Future Ebola Outbreak Response

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Olu, Olushayo Oluseun ^a   Lamunu, Margaret ^a   Nanyunja, Miriam ^a   Dafae, Foday ^b   Samba, Thomas ^c   Sempiira, Noah ^a   Kuti George, Fredson ^a   Abebe, Fikru Zeleke ^a   Sensasi, Benjamin ^a   Chimbaru, Alexander ^a   Ganda, Louisa ^a   Gausi, Khoti ^d   Gilroy, Sonia ^e   Mugume, James ^e  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^c WHO Intercountry Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^d WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

contact tracing; Ebola virus disease; outbreak response; research article; Sierra Leone; surveillance; Western Area

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017284575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00130     Document Type: Article

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