Lack of secondary transmission of ebola virus from healthcare worker to 238 contacts, United Kingdom, December 2014

Paul Crook; Alison Smith-Palmer; Helen Maguire; Noel McCarthy; Hilary Kirkbride; Bruce Court; Sanch Kanagarajah; Deborah Turbitt; Syed Ahmed; Paul Cosford; Isabel Oliver

doi:10.3201/eid2312.171100

Lack of secondary transmission of ebola virus from healthcare worker to 238 contacts, United Kingdom, December 2014

Paul Crook^*, Alison Smith-Palmer, Helen Maguire, Noel McCarthy, Hilary Kirkbride, Bruce Court, Sanch Kanagarajah, Deborah Turbitt, Syed Ahmed, Paul Cosford, Isabel Oliver

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Abstract

In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom after the worker returned from an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. The worker flew on 2 flights during the early stages of disease. Follow-up of 238 contacts showed no evidence of secondary transmission of Ebola virus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2081-2084
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	23
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.171100
Publication status	Published - Dec 2017

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Service Foundation Trust for case-patient interviewing; National Incident Control Team members, including Gina Radford and Jill Meara, and Health Protection Scotland staff; PHE Centre Health Protection teams, including Sara Atkin; PHE Field Epidemiology Service teams; the PHE Centre for Chemicals Radiation and Environmental Hazards; the PHE Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, including Carol Chatt; the PHE International Health Regulations team, including

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