Clinical considerations for the evaluation of ill travelers from Liberia to the United States

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  June 19, 2015, 10:30 EDT (10:30 AM EDT)
  
  CDCHAN-00381
  
  Summary: CDC recommends that healthcare providers consider not only Ebola virus disease (EVD), but also other much more likely infectious diseases, including malaria, when evaluating ill travelers from Liberia to the United States. Signs and symptoms of EVD are non-specific and overlap with many other more prevalent infectious diseases in West Africa. For any patient returning from West Africa and presenting with non-specific signs and symptoms consistent with EVD, providers should use clinical judgment, taking into account the patient’s epidemiological history for management, diagnostic testing, and treatment and coordinate healthcare as needed with the state or local health department to ensure that these patients get appropriate care without delay. The rapid identification of the cause of an acute illness in a Person Under Investigation (PUI) enables rapid treatment and resolution of symptoms.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/diagnosis Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral/diagnosis Lassa Fever/diagnosis Malaria/diagnosis Sentinel Surveillance Travel
• Source:
  HAN ; 381
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Advisory
• Place as Subject:
  Liberia ; United States
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  381
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
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