Ebola Virus Disease Cluster in the United States — Dallas County, Texas, 2014

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Chevalier, Michelle S. ; Chung, Wendy ; Smith, Jessica C. ; Weil, Lauren M. ; Hughes, Sonya M. ; Joyner, Sibeso N. ; Hall, Emily ; Srinath, Divya ; Ritch, Julia ; Thathiah, Prea ; Threadgill, Heidi ; Cervantes, Diana ; Lakey, David L.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service. ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Reproductive Health.
• Description:
  Since March 10, 2014, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have experienced the largest known Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic with approximately 13,000 persons infected as of October 28, 2014. Before September 25, 2014, only four patients with Ebola had been treated in the United States; all of these patients had been diagnosed in West Africa and medically evacuated to the United States for care.
• Subjects:
  Cluster Analysis Contact Tracing Ebolavirus Epidemics Female Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Humans Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance Travel

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2014; 63(46):1087-1088.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  25412069
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5779510
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Liberia ; Texas
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  46
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6a871893bd7ec66f25e30bf76229959c395c10211f39ae1c14f33f12c98e0f48c79b3d702d6abda9e89240312d0ab0da106f908c09df5fb161bffcf839712c52
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53273/cdc_53273_DS1.pdf
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