Lessons learned by surveillance during the tail-end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, June-October 2015: a case series

Lessons learned by surveillance during the tail-end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, June-October 2015: a case series

Abstract Background By the end of the 2013–2016 West African Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks, a total of 3814 cases (probable and confirmed) and 2544 deaths were reported in Guinea. Clearly, surveillance activities aiming at stopping human-to-human transmission have been the breakthrough of EVD...

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Main Authors: Mory Keïta, Fatoumata Conté, Boubacar Diallo, Dieudonné Lufwa, Jacques Katomba, René Snacken, Raymond Pallawo, Aminata Tolno, Amadou Bailo Diallo, Mamadou Harouna Djingarey, Lorenzo Subissi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Ebola
Guinea
Surveillance
Contact tracing
Transmission
Outbreak
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2405-x

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