Addressing contact tracing challenges—critical to halting Ebola virus disease transmission | Zendy

Ashley Greiner | Zendy; Kristina M Angelo | Zendy; Andrea M. McCollum | Zendy; Kelsey Mirkovic | Zendy; Ray Arthur | Zendy; Frederick J. Angulo | Zendy

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Addressing contact tracing challenges—critical to halting Ebola virus disease transmission

Author(s) -

Ashley Greiner,

Kristina M Angelo,

Andrea M. McCollum,

Kelsey Mirkovic,

Ray Arthur,

Frederick J. Angulo

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.10.025

Subject(s) - contact tracing , ebola virus , sierra leone , outbreak , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , covid-19 , virology , socioeconomics , computer science , pathology , sociology , telecommunications

Delayed and ineffective contact tracing contributed to the extensive transmission of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the 2014-2015 West African outbreak. Understanding and addressing the challenges to implementing and managing contact tracing is essential to stopping EVD transmission and preventing large-scale EVD outbreaks in the future.

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