TY - JOUR AU - Lindblade, Kim AU - Nyenswah, Tolbert AU - Keita, Sakoba AU - Diallo, Boubakar AU - Kateh, Francis AU - Amoah, Aurora AU - Nagbe, Thomas AU - Raghunathan, Pratima AU - Neatherlin, John AU - Kinzer, Mike AU - Pillai, Satish AU - Attfield, Kathleen AU - Hajjeh, Rana AU - Dweh, Emmanuel AU - Painter, John AU - Barradas, Danielle AU - Williams, Seymour AU - Blackley, David AU - Kirking, Hannah AU - Patel, Monita AU - Dea, Monica AU - Massoudi, Mehran AU - Barskey, Albert AU - Zarecki, Shauna Mettee AU - Fomba, Moses AU - Grube, Steven AU - Belcher, Lisa AU - Broyles, Laura AU - Maxwell, T. Nikki AU - Hagan, Jose AU - Yeoman, Kristin AU - Westercamp, Matthew AU - Mott, Joshua AU - Mahoney, Frank AU - Slutsker, Laurence AU - DeCock, Kevin AU - Marston, Barbara AU - Dahl, Benjamin T1 - Secondary Infections with Ebola Virus in Rural Communities, Liberia and Guinea, 2014–2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 9 SP - 1653 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Persons who died of Ebola virus disease at home in rural communities in Liberia and Guinea resulted in more secondary infections than persons admitted to Ebola treatment units. Intensified monitoring of contacts of persons who died of this disease in the community is an evidence-based approach to reduce virus transmission in rural communities. KW - Ebola virus KW - viruses KW - Ebola virus disease KW - hemorrhagic fever KW - disease outbreaks KW - secondary infections KW - hospitalization KW - public health KW - quarantine KW - rural communities KW - patient isolation KW - Liberia KW - Guinea KW - western Africa DO - 10.3201/eid2209.160416 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/9/16-0416_article ER - End of Reference