Occupational Exposures to Ebola Virus in Ebola Treatment Center, Conakry, Guinea

Occupational Exposures to Ebola Virus in Ebola Treatment Center, Conakry, Guinea

We report 77 cases of occupational exposures for 57 healthcare workers at the Ebola Treatment Center in Conakry, Guinea, during the Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2014−2015. Despite the high incidence of 3.5 occupational exposures/healthcare worker/year, only 18% of workers were at high risk for tr...

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Main Authors: Hélène Savini, Frédéric Janvier, Ludovic Karkowski, Magali Billhot, Marc Aletti, Julien Bordes, Fassou Koulibaly, Pierre-Yves Cordier, Jean-Marie Cournac, Nancy Maugey, Nicolas Gagnon, Jean Cotte, Audrey Cambon, Christine Mac Nab, Sophie Moroge, Claire Rousseau, Vincent Foissaud, Thierry De Greslan, Hervé Granier, Gilles Cellarier, Eric Valade, Philippe Kraemer, Philippe Alla, Audrey Mérens, Emmanuel Sagui, Thierry Carmoi, Christophe Rapp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Ebola virus
disease
viruses
occupational exposure
healthcare workers
Conakry
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/16-1804_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/16-1804_article

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