Cluster of Ebola Virus Disease, Bong and Montserrado Counties, Liberia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Nyenswah, Tolbert G. ; Fallah, Mosaka ; Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Duwor, Stanley ; Hamilton, E. Dutch ; Mokashi, Vishwesh ; Arzoaquoi, Sampson ; Dweh, Emmanuel ; Burbach, Ryan ; Dlouhy, Diane ; Oeltmann, John E. ; Moonan, Patrick K.
• Description:
  Lack of trust in government-supported services after the death of a health care worker with symptoms of Ebola resulted in ongoing Ebola transmission in 2 Liberia counties. Ebola transmission was facilitated by attempts to avoid cremation of the deceased patient and delays in identifying and monitoring contacts.
• Subjects:
  Cluster Analysis Contact Tracing Fatal Outcome Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Mortality
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(7):1253-1256
• Pubmed ID:
  26079309
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4480411
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Liberia
• CIO:
  Global Health Center
• Topic:
  Global Health
• Location:
  Africa
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046440
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:47b740f4287a25e6bbe6731757e7284b69d1a89b7cf6799ed131f61bd03578aa0644735065ea7f4ecb5d2e069fd45bd897acbb4942381956cdc9f13fb08080a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31851/cdc_31851_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 688.91 KB ]