Use of Postexposure Prophylaxis After Occupational Exposure toZaire ebolavirus
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Use of Postexposure Prophylaxis After Occupational Exposure to Zaire ebolavirus.
From September 2014 to April 2015, 6 persons who had occupational exposures to Zaire ebolavirus in West Africa received investigational agent rVSV-ZEBOV or TKM-100802 for postexposure prophylaxis and were monitored in the United States. All patients experienced self-limited symptoms after postexposure prophylaxis; none developed Ebola virus disease.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw256