Fitzgerald, F;
Wing, K;
Naveed, A;
Gbessay, M;
Ross, JCG;
Checchi, F;
Youkee, D;
Jalloh, MB;
Baion, D;
Mustapha, A;
et al.
Fitzgerald, F; Wing, K; Naveed, A; Gbessay, M; Ross, JCG; Checchi, F; Youkee, D; Jalloh, MB; Baion, D; Mustapha, A; Jah, H; Lako, S; Oza, S; Boufkhed, S; Feury, R; Bielicki, J; Williamson, E; Gibb, DM; Klein, N; Sahr, F; Yeung, S
(2017)
Risk in the "Red Zone": Outcomes for Children Admitted to Ebola Holding Units in Sierra Leone Without Ebola Virus Disease.
Clin Infect Dis, 65 (1).
pp. 162-165.
ISSN 1537-6591
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix223
SGUL Authors: Bielicki, Julia Anna
Abstract
We collected data on 1054 children admitted to Ebola Holding Units in Sierra Leone and describe outcomes of 697/1054 children testing negative for Ebola virus disease (EVD) and accompanying caregivers. Case-fatality was 9%; 3/630 (0.5%) children discharged testing negative were readmitted EVD-positive. Nosocomial EVD transmission risk may be lower than feared.
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Article
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© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: |
Ebola virus disease, children, nosocomial infection, pediatrics, viral hemorrhagic fever, Microbiology, 06 Biological Sciences, 11 Medical And Health Sciences |
| SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII) |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Clin Infect Dis |
| ISSN: |
1537-6591 |
| Language: |
eng |
| Dates: |
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| 1 July 2017 | Published | | 20 March 2017 | Published Online | | 10 March 2017 | Accepted |
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| Publisher License: |
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 |
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| PubMed ID: |
28369236 |
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| URI: |
https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/109310 |
| Publisher's version: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix223 |
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