Airport Entry and Exit Screening during the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014 to 2016

We present entry and exit screening outcomes on all persons passing through Freetown International Airport (FNA) in Sierra Leone during the period 1(st) September 2014 to 4(th) February 2016. A total of 166,242 persons underwent screening for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at FNA. Five persons were denie...

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Autor principal: Wickramage, Kolitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31915689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3832790
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description We present entry and exit screening outcomes on all persons passing through Freetown International Airport (FNA) in Sierra Leone during the period 1(st) September 2014 to 4(th) February 2016. A total of 166,242 persons underwent screening for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at FNA. Five persons were denied air travel from Sierra Leone after secondary screening. Laboratory testing revealed none were positive for EVD. No cases were identified through entry screening route. The public health value of airport screening for EVD is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-69307732020-01-08 Airport Entry and Exit Screening during the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014 to 2016 Wickramage, Kolitha Biomed Res Int Research Article We present entry and exit screening outcomes on all persons passing through Freetown International Airport (FNA) in Sierra Leone during the period 1(st) September 2014 to 4(th) February 2016. A total of 166,242 persons underwent screening for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at FNA. Five persons were denied air travel from Sierra Leone after secondary screening. Laboratory testing revealed none were positive for EVD. No cases were identified through entry screening route. The public health value of airport screening for EVD is discussed. Hindawi 2019-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6930773/ /pubmed/31915689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3832790 Text en Copyright © 2019 Kolitha Wickramage. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Airport Entry and Exit Screening during the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014 to 2016
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title_short Airport Entry and Exit Screening during the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014 to 2016
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31915689
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