Ebola Virus Outbreak Investigation, Sierra Leone, September 28–November 11, 2014
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Ebola Virus Outbreak Investigation, Sierra Leone, September 28–November 11, 2014
During 2014-2015, an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) swept across parts of West Africa. The China Mobile Laboratory Testing Team was dispatched to support response efforts; during September 28-November 11, 2014, they conducted PCR testing on samples from 1,635 suspected EVD patients. Of those patients, 50.4% were positive, of whom 84.6% lived within a 3-km zone along main roads connecting...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2111.150582