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contact tracing activities during the ebola virus disease epidemic in kindia and faranah, guinea, 2014.the largest recorded ebola virus disease epidemic began in march 2014; as of july 2015, it continued in 3 principally affected countries: guinea, liberia, and sierra leone. control efforts include contact tracing to expedite identification of the virus in suspect case-patients. we examined contact tracing activities during september 20-december 31, 2014, in 2 prefectures of guinea using national and local data about case-patients and their contacts. results show less than one third of case-patie ...201526488116
epidemiology of epidemic ebola virus disease in conakry and surrounding prefectures, guinea, 2014-2015.in 2014, ebola virus disease (evd) in west africa was first reported during march in 3 southeastern prefectures in guinea; from there, the disease rapidly spread across west africa. we describe the epidemiology of evd cases reported in guinea's capital, conakry, and 4 surrounding prefectures (coyah, dubreka, forecariah, and kindia), encompassing a full year of the epidemic. a total of 1,355 evd cases, representing ≈40% of cases reported in guinea, originated from these areas. overall, forecariah ...201626812047
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