TY - JOUR AU - Frieden, Thomas AU - Damon, Inger T1 - Ebola in West Africa—CDC’s Role in Epidemic Detection, Control, and Prevention T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 11 SP - 1897 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Since Ebola virus disease was identified in West Africa on March 23, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has undertaken the most intensive response in the agency’s history; >3,000 staff have been involved, including >1,200 deployed to West Africa for >50,000 person workdays. Efforts have included supporting incident management systems in affected countries; mobilizing partners; and strengthening laboratory, epidemiology, contact investigation, health care infection control, communication, and border screening in West Africa, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, and the United States. All efforts were undertaken as part of national and global response activities with many partner organizations. CDC was able to support community, national, and international health and public health staff to prevent an even worse event. The Ebola virus disease epidemic highlights the need to strengthen national and international systems to detect, respond to, and prevent the spread of future health threats. KW - Ebola virus KW - epidemics KW - West Africa KW - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention KW - CDC KW - viruses KW - Guinea KW - Liberia KW - Sierra Leone DO - 10.3201/eid2111.150949 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/11/15-0949_article ER - End of Reference