Lack of Secondary Transmission of Ebola Virus from Healthcare Worker to 238 Contacts, United Kingdom, December 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Crook, Paul ; Smith-Palmer, Alison ; Maguire, Helen ; McCarthy, Noel ; Kirkbride, Hilary ; Court, Bruce ; Kanagarajah, Sanch ; Turbitt, Deborah ; Ahmed, Syed ; Cosford, Paul ; Oliver, Isabel
• Description:
  In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom after the worker returned from an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. The worker flew on 2 flights during the early stages of disease. Follow-up of 238 contacts showed no evidence of secondary transmission of Ebola virus.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aircraft Contact Tracing Disease Outbreaks Ebolavirus Female Health Personnel Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Humans International Cooperation Travel

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(12):2081-2084.
• Pubmed ID:
  29148368
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5708221
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  England ; Scotland ; Sierra Leone ; United Kingdom
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:182323ea12f886f937482e352b32cbfdd1403e848b3d1218d81157aba5d613ae
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50209/cdc_50209_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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