Contact Tracing Activities during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014
The largest recorded Ebola virus disease epidemic began in March 2014; as of July 2015, it continued in 3 principally affected countries: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Control efforts include contact tracing to expedite identification of the virus in suspect case-patients. We examined contact t...
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doaj-8dbc3b2fc386477ba81aa1a60ec2fe0e2020-11-24T23:35:30ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592015-11-0121112022202810.3201/eid2111.150684Contact Tracing Activities during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014Meredith G. DixonMelanie M. TaylorJacob DeeAvi HakimPaul CanteyTravis LimHawa BahSékou Mohamed CamaraClement B. NdongmoMory TogbaLeonie Yvonne TouréPepe BilivoguiMohammed SyllaMichael H. KinzerFátima CoronadoJon Eric TongrenMahesh SwaminathanLise MandignyBoubacar DialloThomas SeylerMarc RondyGuénaël RodierWilliam PereaBenjamin A. DahlThe largest recorded Ebola virus disease epidemic began in March 2014; as of July 2015, it continued in 3 principally affected countries: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Control efforts include contact tracing to expedite identification of the virus in suspect case-patients. We examined contact tracing activities during September 20–December 31, 2014, in 2 prefectures of Guinea using national and local data about case-patients and their contacts. Results show less than one third of case-patients (28.3% and 31.1%) were registered as contacts before case identification; approximately two thirds (61.1% and 67.7%) had no registered contacts. Time to isolation of suspected case-patients was not immediate (median 5 and 3 days for Kindia and Faranah, respectively), and secondary attack rates varied by relationships of persons who had contact with the source case-patient and the type of case-patient to which a contact was exposed. More complete contact tracing efforts are needed to augment control of this epidemic.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/11/15-0684_articleEbolavirusescontact tracingepidemic controlGuineaEbola virus disease |
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Meredith G. Dixon Melanie M. Taylor Jacob Dee Avi Hakim Paul Cantey Travis Lim Hawa Bah Sékou Mohamed Camara Clement B. Ndongmo Mory Togba Leonie Yvonne Touré Pepe Bilivogui Mohammed Sylla Michael H. Kinzer Fátima Coronado Jon Eric Tongren Mahesh Swaminathan Lise Mandigny Boubacar Diallo Thomas Seyler Marc Rondy Guénaël Rodier William Perea Benjamin A. Dahl |
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Meredith G. Dixon Melanie M. Taylor Jacob Dee Avi Hakim Paul Cantey Travis Lim Hawa Bah Sékou Mohamed Camara Clement B. Ndongmo Mory Togba Leonie Yvonne Touré Pepe Bilivogui Mohammed Sylla Michael H. Kinzer Fátima Coronado Jon Eric Tongren Mahesh Swaminathan Lise Mandigny Boubacar Diallo Thomas Seyler Marc Rondy Guénaël Rodier William Perea Benjamin A. Dahl Contact Tracing Activities during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014 Emerging Infectious Diseases Ebola viruses contact tracing epidemic control Guinea Ebola virus disease |
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Meredith G. Dixon Melanie M. Taylor Jacob Dee Avi Hakim Paul Cantey Travis Lim Hawa Bah Sékou Mohamed Camara Clement B. Ndongmo Mory Togba Leonie Yvonne Touré Pepe Bilivogui Mohammed Sylla Michael H. Kinzer Fátima Coronado Jon Eric Tongren Mahesh Swaminathan Lise Mandigny Boubacar Diallo Thomas Seyler Marc Rondy Guénaël Rodier William Perea Benjamin A. Dahl |
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Contact Tracing Activities during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014 |
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Contact Tracing Activities during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014 |
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Contact Tracing Activities during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014 |
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Contact Tracing Activities during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014 |
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Contact Tracing Activities during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014 |
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contact tracing activities during the ebola virus disease epidemic in kindia and faranah, guinea, 2014 |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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1080-6040 1080-6059 |
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2015-11-01 |
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The largest recorded Ebola virus disease epidemic began in March 2014; as of July 2015, it continued in 3 principally affected countries: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Control efforts include contact tracing to expedite identification of the virus in suspect case-patients. We examined contact tracing activities during September 20–December 31, 2014, in 2 prefectures of Guinea using national and local data about case-patients and their contacts. Results show less than one third of case-patients (28.3% and 31.1%) were registered as contacts before case identification; approximately two thirds (61.1% and 67.7%) had no registered contacts. Time to isolation of suspected case-patients was not immediate (median 5 and 3 days for Kindia and Faranah, respectively), and secondary attack rates varied by relationships of persons who had contact with the source case-patient and the type of case-patient to which a contact was exposed. More complete contact tracing efforts are needed to augment control of this epidemic. |
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Ebola viruses contact tracing epidemic control Guinea Ebola virus disease |
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