State and territorial Ebola screening, monitoring, and movement policy statements — United States, August 31, 2015

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Sunshine, Gregory ; Pepin, Dawn ; Cetron, Martin S. ; Penn, Matthew S.
• Corporate Authors:
  Public Health Law Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)) ; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.)Division of Global Migration and Quarantine.
• Description:
  The 2014–2015 Ebola Virus disease (Ebola) outbreak in West Africa is the largest in History, and as of October 4, 2015, had claimed 11,297 lives in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. On August 7, 2014, CDC first posted guidance on monitoring and movement of persons who might have been exposed to Ebola Virus to prevent the spread of Ebola into the United States Since that time, the Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure has been regularly updated based on the latest information available, most recently on May 13, 2015. ; On October 11, 2014, after the first case of Ebola was diagnosed in the United States, entry screening was implemented ; in five U.S. airports to identify travelers from countries with widespread Ebola Transmission who might have been exposed ; to Ebola during the days before arrival or who had signs or symptoms of Ebola at the time of arrival.
• Subjects:
  • Disease Outbreaks/Prevention & Control
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/Prevention & Control
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious/Prevention & Control
  • Mass Screening
  • Public Policy
  • Risk Assessment
  • Travel
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2015 Oct 16;64(40):1145-6
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  40
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/86725/cdc_86725_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 105.82 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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