Systems for Rapidly Detecting and Treating Persons with Ebola Virus Disease — United States

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Koonin, Lisa M. ; Jamieson, Denise J. ; Jernigan, John A. ; Van Beneden, Chris A. ; Kosmos, Christine ; Harvey, Melissa Cole ; Pietz, Harald ; Bertolli, Jeanne ; Perz, Joseph F. ; Whitney, Cynthia G. ; Halpin, Alison Sheehan-Laufer ; Daley, W. Randolph ; Pesik, Nicki ; Margolis, Gregg S. ; Tumpey, Abbigail ; Tappero, Jordan ; Damon, Inger
• Description:
  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), CDC, other U.S. government agencies, the World Health Organization (WHO), and international partners are taking multiple steps to respond to the current Ebola virus disease (Ebola) outbreak in West Africa to reduce its toll there and to reduce the chances of international spread. At the same time, CDC and HHS are working to ensure that persons who have a risk factor for exposure to Ebola and who develop symptoms while in the United States are rapidly identified and isolated, and safely receive treatment. HHS and CDC have actively worked with state and local public health authorities and other partners to accelerate health care preparedness to care for persons under investigation (PUI) for Ebola or with confirmed Ebola. This report describes some of these efforts and their impact.
• Subjects:
  Ambulatory Care Facilities Disease Outbreaks Disease Transmission, Infectious Early Diagnosis Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Hospital Rapid Response Team Humans Risk Factors Travel

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2015; 64(8):222-225.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  25742383
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4584719
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  Africa, Western ; United States
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53956/cdc_53956_DS1.pdf
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