@article{b47f7fa377d0439496a160f13e5734f4,
title = "Secondary infections with Ebola virus in rural communities, Liberia and Guinea, 2014–2015",
abstract = "In rural communities in Liberia and Guinea, more secondary Ebola infections resulted from persons who died of Ebola virus disease at home than from persons admitted to Ebola treatment units. Intensified monitoring of contacts of persons who died of this disease in the community is an evidence-based approach to reduce virus transmission in rural communities.",
author = "Lindblade, {Kim A.} and Tolbert Nyenswah and Sakoba Keita and Boubakar Diallo and Francis Kateh and Aurora Amoah and Nagbe, {Thomas K.} and Pratima Raghunathan and Neatherlin, {John C.} and Mike Kinzer and Pillai, {Satish K.} and Attfield, {Kathleen R.} and Rana Hajjeh and Emmanuel Dweh and John Painter and Barradas, {Danielle T.} and Williams, {Seymour G.} and Blackley, {David J.} and Kirking, {Hannah L.} and Patel, {Monita R.} and Monica Dea and Massoudi, {Mehran S.} and Barskey, {Albert E.} and {Mettee Zarecki}, {Shauna L.} and Moses Fomba and Steven Grube and Lisa Belcher and Broyles, {Laura N.} and Maxwell, {T. Nikki} and Hagan, {Jose E.} and Kristin Yeoman and Matthew Westercamp and Joshua Mott and Frank Mahoney and Laurence Slutsker and Decock, {Kevin M.} and Barbara Marston and Benjamin Dahl",
note = "Funding Information: We thank county and prefecture health teams in Liberia and Guinea for their contributions to the public health response to the Ebola epidemic and investigation of persons with Ebola virus disease and their contacts. We also thank the many colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the US Agency for International Development, M{\'e}decins Sans Fronti{\`e}res, and the International Federation of the Red Cross for their efforts and dedication. This study was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Agency for International Development. Dr. Lindblade is an epidemiologist at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Her research interests include evaluations of public health interventions to reduce disease burden in resource-limited countries. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.",
year = "2016",
month = sep,
doi = "10.3201/eid2209.160416",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "1653--1655",
journal = "Emerging infectious diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
number = "9",
}