Cargando…

Lesson learned from the investigation and response of Lassa fever outbreak, Margibi County, Liberia, 2018: case report

BACKGROUND: Lassa fever (LF) is a viral hemorrhagic disease caused by the Lassa virus (LASV) and endemic in West African countries with an estimation of 300,000 to 500,000 cases and 5,000 deaths annually. The Margibi County Health Team of Liberia received a report of an unidentified febrile illness...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Woyessa, Abyot Bekele, Maximore, Leroy, Keller, Darius, Dogba, John, Pajibo, Myer, Johnson, Kumblytee, Saydee, Emmanuel, Monday, Julius, Tuopileyi, Roland, Mahmoud, Nuha
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Case Report
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6624965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31296177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4257-z

Ejemplares similares

Prevalence and determinants of home delivery among reproductive age women, Margibi County, Liberia
por: Maximore, Leroy S., et al.
Publicado: (2022)

Investigating an outbreak of measles in Margibi County, Liberia, October 2015
por: Frimpong, Joseph Asamoah, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

Rubella transmission and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in Liberia: a need to introduce rubella-containing vaccine in the routine immunization program
por: Woyessa, Abyot Bekele, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Laboratory Diagnosis of Lassa Fever, Liberia
por: Panning, Marcus, et al.
Publicado: (2010)

Rapid response to meningococcal disease cluster in Foya district, Lofa County, Liberia January to February 2018
por: Rude, Julius Monday, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Integrated disease surveillance and response implementation in Liberia, findings from a data quality audit, 2017
por: Nagbe, Thomas, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Risk communication during disease outbreak response in post-Ebola Liberia: experiences in Sinoe and Grand Kru counties
por: Sumo, John, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Epidemiology of measles in Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2007-2016
por: Gutu, Mulugeta Asefa, et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Strengthening immunization service delivery post Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia 2015-2017
por: Clarke, Adolphus, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Strengthening acute flaccid paralysis surveillance post Ebola virus disease outbreak 2015 - 2017: the Liberia experience
por: Clarke, Adolphus, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Investigation of acute febrile illness outbreak- Asyaita and Dupti districts, Afar Region, Ethiopia, February 2011
por: Woyessa, Abyot Bekele, et al.
Publicado: (2012)

Cluster of Ebola Virus Disease, Bong and Montserrado Counties, Liberia
por: Nyenswah, Tolbert G., et al.
Publicado: (2015)

The implementation of integrated disease surveillance and response in Liberia after Ebola virus disease outbreak 2015-2017
por: Nagbe, Thomas, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

The Role of Social Mobilization in Controlling Ebola Virus in Lofa County, Liberia
por: Fast, Shannon M., et al.
Publicado: (2015)

Effects of psychosocial factors on nonadherence to ART in Ganta, Nimba county, Liberia
por: Strother, Philomena J., et al.
Publicado: (2022)

Pre-Ebola virus disease laboratory system and related challenges in Liberia
por: Kennedy, Stephen B., et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Lessons learned from detecting and responding to recurrent measles outbreak in Liberia post Ebola-Epidemic 2016-2017
por: Nagbe, Thomas, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

The laboratory health system and its response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia
por: Kennedy, Stephen B., et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Evaluation of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance performance before and during the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea and Liberia
por: Umutesi, Grace, et al.
Publicado: (2023)

Pyrethroid Resistance in Anopheles gambiae, in Bomi County, Liberia, Compromises Malaria Vector Control
por: Temu, Emmanuel A., et al.
Publicado: (2012)

Use of Capture–Recapture to Estimate Underreporting of Ebola Virus Disease, Montserrado County, Liberia
por: Gignoux, Etienne, et al.
Publicado: (2015)

Evidence for Declining Numbers of Ebola Cases — Montserrado County, Liberia, June–October 2014
por: Nyenswah, Tolbert G., et al.
Publicado: (2014)

Challenges in Responding to the Ebola Epidemic — Four Rural Counties, Liberia, August–November 2014
por: Summers, Aimee, et al.
Publicado: (2014)

The impact of control strategies and behavioural changes on the elimination of Ebola from Lofa County, Liberia
por: Funk, Sebastian, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

Assessment of ventilation in low-resource healthcare settings: Montserrado County, Liberia—2022−2023
por: Srinivasan, Krithika, et al.
Publicado: (2023)

Investigation of measles outbreak-Herena and Dawe-Serer Districts of Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, February 2011
por: Woyessa, Abyot Bekele, et al.
Publicado: (2012)

Assessment of reporting sites for acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Ethiopia: implications for planning of active case search visits
por: Wassie, Eshetu, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

Readiness of health facilities to provide safe childbirth in Liberia: a cross-sectional analysis of population surveys, facility censuses and facility birth records
por: King, Jessica, et al.
Publicado: (2022)

Tuberculosis in Liberia: high multidrug-resistance burden, transmission and diversity modelled by multiple importation events
por: López, Mariana G., et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Determinants of patient survival during the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia
por: Weppelmann, Thomas A., et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Post-Ebola Syndrome among Ebola Virus Disease Survivors in Montserrado County, Liberia 2016
por: Wilson, Himiede W., et al.
Publicado: (2018)

Rapid Intervention to Reduce Ebola Transmission in a Remote Village — Gbarpolu County, Liberia, 2014
por: Blackley, David J., et al.
Publicado: (2015)

Goitre in Liberia
Publicado: (1876)

Field evaluation of a Pan-Lassa rapid diagnostic test during the 2018 Nigerian Lassa fever outbreak
por: Boisen, Matthew L., et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Establishing National Multisectoral Coordination and collaboration mechanisms to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone 2016–2018
por: Agbo, Serge, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Ebola virus disease-related stigma among survivors declined in Liberia over an 18-month, post-outbreak period: An observational cohort study
por: Kelly, J. Daniel, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Rapid Field Response to a Cluster of Illnesses and Deaths — Sinoe County, Liberia, April–May, 2017
por: Doedeh, John, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

Verbal autopsy analysis of maternal mortality in Bong County, Liberia: a retrospective mixed methods study
por: Lee, Haeun, et al.
Publicado: (2023)

Community and facility-level barriers to achieving UHC in Kono District, Sierra Leone and Maryland County, Liberia
por: Higgins, Julia, et al.
Publicado: (2023)

Analysis of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Ethiopia, 2005-2015: progress and challenges
por: Tegegne, Ayesheshem Ademe, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

Cannot write session to /tmp/vufind_sessions/sess_65j6d2v1dmlark705060aa1kq1