| the 2014 dallas, texas, ebola incident: global implications to all-hazards preparedness and health care worker protection. | | 2015 | 26502563 |
| response to importation of a case of ebola virus disease--ohio, october 2014. | on september 30, 2014, the texas department of state health services reported a case of ebola virus disease (ebola) diagnosed in dallas, texas, and confirmed by cdc, the first case of ebola diagnosed in the united states. the patient (patient 1) had traveled from liberia, a country which, along with sierra leone and guinea, is currently experiencing the largest recorded ebola outbreak. a nurse (patient 2) who provided hospital bedside care to patient 1 in texas visited an emergency department (e ... | 2014 | 25412070 |
| addressing needs of contacts of ebola patients during an investigation of an ebola cluster in the united states - dallas, texas, 2014. | the first imported case of ebola virus disease (ebola) diagnosed in the united states was confirmed on september 30, 2014; two health care workers who cared for this patient subsequently developed ebola. since then, local, state, and federal health officials have continued to prepare for future imported cases, including developing strategies to identify and monitor persons who have had contact with an ebola patient. this report describes some of the needs of persons who were contacts of ebola pa ... | 2015 | 25674993 |
| management of a pet dog after exposure to a human patient with ebola virus disease. | in october 2014, a health-care worker who had been part of the treatment team for the first laboratory-confirmed case of ebola virus disease imported to the united states developed symptoms of ebola virus disease. a presumptive positive reverse transcription pcr assay result for ebola virus rna in a blood sample from the worker was confirmed by the cdc, making this the first documented occurrence of domestic transmission of ebola virus in the united states. the texas department of state health s ... | 2015 | 26295560 |
| first u.s. nurse to contract ebola sues texas health resources. | | 2015 | 26017988 |
| surveillance and preparedness for ebola virus disease -- new york city, 2014. | in july 2014, as the ebola virus disease (ebola) epidemic expanded in guinea, liberia, and sierra leone, an air traveler brought ebola to nigeria and two american health care workers in west africa were diagnosed with ebola and later medically evacuated to a u.s. hospital. new york city (nyc) is a frequent port of entry for travelers from west africa, a home to communities of west african immigrants who travel back to their home countries, and a home to health care workers who travel to west afr ... | 2014 | 25321072 |
| ebola virus disease cluster in the united states--dallas county, texas, 2014. | since march 10, 2014, guinea, liberia, and sierra leone have experienced the largest known ebola virus disease (ebola) epidemic with approximately 13,000 persons infected as of october 28, 2014. before september 25, 2014, only four patients with ebola had been treated in the united states; all of these patients had been diagnosed in west africa and medically evacuated to the united states for care. | 2014 | 25412069 |
| overview, control strategies, and lessons learned in the cdc response to the 2014-2016 ebola epidemic. | during 2014-2016, cdc, working with u.s. and international partners, mounted a concerted response to end the unprecedented epidemic of ebola virus disease (ebola) in west africa. cdc's response, which was the largest in the agency's history, was directed simultaneously at controlling the epidemic in west africa and strengthening preparedness for ebola in the united states. although experience in responding to approximately 20 ebola outbreaks since 1976 had provided cdc and other international re ... | 2016 | 27389903 |
| texas healthcare worker is diagnosed with ebola. | | 2014 | 25313199 |
| liberian man being treated for ebola in texas dies. | | 2014 | 25300968 |
| poor planning, communication lead to missteps in care of ebola patient. | a panel of experts examining the diagnosis and care of thomas eric duncan, a patient diagnosed with ebola virus disease (evd) in the united states in 2014, and the cases of two nurses who contracted evd while caring for duncan, has unveiled its findings along with recommendations to prevent many of the missteps that occurred during the crisis. while the independent panel was convened at the direction of texas health resources, the parent company of texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas, o ... | 2015 | 26550674 |