Risk in the "Red Zone": outcomes for children admitted to Ebola holding units in Sierra Leone without Ebola virus disease
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
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.
Date Issued
2017-07-01
Date Acceptance
2017-03-10
Citation
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017, 65 (1), pp.162-165
ISSN
1058-4838
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
162
End Page
165
Journal / Book Title
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume
65
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 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.
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.
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28369236
PII: 3075144
Subjects
Ebola virus disease
children
nosocomial infection
pediatrics
viral hemorrhagic fever
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross Infection
Disease Outbreaks
Ebolavirus
Female
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
Humans
Infant
Male
Patient Isolation
Sierra Leone
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2017-03-20