Controlling the Last Known Cluster of Ebola Virus Disease - Liberia, January-February 2015

The Ebola epidemic in Liberia was marked by intense urban transmission, multiple community outbreaks with source cases occurring in patients coming from the urban area, and outbreaks in health care facilities. Among other things Nyenswah presents data from routine case investigations and contact tra...

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Veröffentlicht in:	MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2015, Vol.64 (18), p.500
Hauptverfasser:	Nyenswah, Tolbert, Fallah, Mosoka, Sieh, Sonpon, Kollie, Karsor, Badio, Moses, Gray, Alvin, Dilah, Priscilla, Shannon, Marnijina, Duwor, Stanley, Ihekweazu, Chikwe, Cordier-Lasalle, Thierry, Shinde, Shivam A, Hamblion, Esther, Davies-Wayne, Gloria, Ratnesh, Murugan, Dye, Christopher, Yoder, Jonathan S, McElroy, Peter, Hoots, Brooke, Christie, Athalia, Vertefeuille, John, Olsen, Sonja J, Laney, A Scott, Neal, Joyce J, Navin, Thomas R, Coulter, Stewart, Pordell, Paran, Lo, Terrence, Kinkade, Carl, Mahoney, Frank
Format:	Report
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ebola virus Epidemics Health care policy Medical treatment
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Zusammenfassung:	The Ebola epidemic in Liberia was marked by intense urban transmission, multiple community outbreaks with source cases occurring in patients coming from the urban area, and outbreaks in health care facilities. Among other things Nyenswah presents data from routine case investigations and contact tracing, describes efforts to stop the last known chain of Ebola transmission in Liberia. The chain of transmission was stopped because of early detection of new cases; identification, monitoring, and support of contacts in acceptable settings; effective triage within the health care system; and rapid isolation of symptomatic contacts.
ISSN:	0149-2195 1545-861X