Serologic survey among hospital and health center workers during the Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995
| Autor: | Jeanne Bertolli, Mpia Ado Bwaka, Y Fleerackers, Scott Killian, Oyewale Tomori, Roger Ndambe, Felicity J. Burt, C. J. Peters, Ann De Roo, Pierre E. Rollin, Robert Swanepoel, Heinz Feldmann, Kweteminga Tshioko, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Ali S. Khan, Yves Guimard |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Personnel Attack rate Ebola virus disease Viral diseases Health workers medicine.disease_cause Antibodies Viral Asymptomatic Serology Disease Outbreaks Patient Isolation Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Kikwit Surveys and Questionnaires Health care medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans Africa Central Ebola virus Transmission (medicine) business.industry Outbreak Hemorrhagic Fever Ebola Ebolavirus Virology Personnel Hospital Congo-Kinshasa Infectious Diseases Family medicine Democratic Republic of the Congo Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of infectious diseases. 179 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1899 |
| Popis: | From May to July 1995, a serologic and interview survey was conducted to describe Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) among personnel working in 5 hospitals and 26 health care centers in and around Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Job-specific attack rates estimated for Kikwit General Hospital, the epicenter of the EHF epidemic, were 31% for physicians, 11% for technicians/room attendants, 10% for nurses, and 4% for other workers. Among 402 workers who did not meet the EHF case definition, 12 had borderline positive antibody test results; subsequent specimens from 4 of these tested negative. Although an old infection with persistent Ebola antibody production or a recent atypical or asymptomatic infection cannot be ruled out, if they occur at all, they appear to be rare. This survey demonstrated that opportunities for transmission of Ebola virus to personnel in health facilities existed in Kikwit because blood and body fluid precautions were not being universally followed. |
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