Monitoring Exposure to Ebola and Health of U.S. Military Personnel Deployed in Support of Ebola Control Efforts — Liberia, October 25, 2014–February 27, 2015

Cardile, Anthony P.; Murray, Clinton K.; Littell, Christopher T.; Shah, Neel J.; Fandre, Matthew N.; Drinkwater, Dennis C.; Markelz, Brian P.; Vento, Todd J.

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Monitoring Exposure to Ebola and Health of U.S. Military Personnel Deployed in Support of Ebola Control Efforts — Liberia, October 25, 2014–February 27, 2015

Jul 03 2015
By Cardile, Anthony P. ; Murray, Clinton K. ; Littell, Christopher T. ; ...
Source: MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2015; 64(25):690-694.
Series: Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

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In response to the unprecedented Ebola Virus disease (Ebola) outbreak in West Africa, the U.S. government deployed approximately 2,500 military personnel to support the government of Liberia. Their primary missions were to construct Ebola treatment units (ETUs), train health care workers to staff ETUs, and provide laboratory tTesting capacity for Ebola. Service members were explicitly prohibited from engaging in activities that could result in close contact with an Ebola-infected patient or coming in contact with the remains of persons who had died from unknown causes. Military units performed twice-daily monitoring of temperature and review of exposures and symptoms ("unit monitoring") on all persons throughout deployment, exit screening at the time of departure from Liberia, and post-deployment monitoring for 21 days at segregated, controlled monitoring areas on U.S. military installations. A total of 32 persons developed a fever during deployment from October 25, 2014, through February 27, 2015; none had a known Ebola exposure or developed Ebola infection. Monitoring of all deployed service members revealed no Ebola exposures or infections. Given their activity restrictions and comprehensive monitoring while deployed to Liberia, U.S. military personnel constitute a unique population with a lower risk for Ebola exposure compared with those working in the country without such measures.
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Adult Disease Outbreaks Female Health Status Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Humans Male Military Personnel Population Surveillance Risk Assessment
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MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2015; 64(25):690-694.
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Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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0149-2195 (print);1545-861X (digital);
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26135589
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PMC4584680
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Journal Article
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Liberia ; United States

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5 pdf pages
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64
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25
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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