1. Ebola virus disease cluster in the United States--Dallas County, Texas, 2014.
- Author
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Chevalier MS, Chung W, Smith J, Weil LM, Hughes SM, Joyner SN, Hall E, Srinath D, Ritch J, Thathiah P, Threadgill H, Cervantes D, and Lakey DL
- Subjects
- Cluster Analysis, Female, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola epidemiology, Humans, Liberia epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Texas epidemiology, Travel, Contact Tracing, Ebolavirus isolation & purification, Epidemics prevention & control, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola diagnosis, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola prevention & control, Population Surveillance
- Abstract
Since March 10, 2014, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have experienced the largest known Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic with approximately 13,000 persons infected as of October 28, 2014. Before September 25, 2014, only four patients with Ebola had been treated in the United States; all of these patients had been diagnosed in West Africa and medically evacuated to the United States for care.
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- 2014