Lack of Secondary Transmission of Ebola Virus from Healthcare Worker to 238 Contacts, United Kingdom, December 2014

In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom after the worker returned from an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. The worker flew on 2 flights during the early stages of disease. Follow-up of 238 contacts showed no evidence of secondary...

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Autores principales: Crook, Paul, Smith-Palmer, Alison, Maguire, Helen, McCarthy, Noel, Kirkbride, Hilary, Court, Bruce, Kanagarajah, Sanch, Turbitt, Deborah, Ahmed, Syed, Cosford, Paul, Oliver, Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148368
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.171100
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author Crook, Paul
Smith-Palmer, Alison
Maguire, Helen
McCarthy, Noel
Kirkbride, Hilary
Court, Bruce
Kanagarajah, Sanch
Turbitt, Deborah
Ahmed, Syed
Cosford, Paul
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Court, Bruce
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description In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom after the worker returned from an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. The worker flew on 2 flights during the early stages of disease. Follow-up of 238 contacts showed no evidence of secondary transmission of Ebola virus.
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spelling pubmed-57082212017-12-09 Lack of Secondary Transmission of Ebola Virus from Healthcare Worker to 238 Contacts, United Kingdom, December 2014 Crook, Paul Smith-Palmer, Alison Maguire, Helen McCarthy, Noel Kirkbride, Hilary Court, Bruce Kanagarajah, Sanch Turbitt, Deborah Ahmed, Syed Cosford, Paul Oliver, Isabel Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom after the worker returned from an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. The worker flew on 2 flights during the early stages of disease. Follow-up of 238 contacts showed no evidence of secondary transmission of Ebola virus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5708221/ /pubmed/29148368 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.171100 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Smith-Palmer, Alison
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Kanagarajah, Sanch
Turbitt, Deborah
Ahmed, Syed
Cosford, Paul
Oliver, Isabel
Lack of Secondary Transmission of Ebola Virus from Healthcare Worker to 238 Contacts, United Kingdom, December 2014
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148368
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