Bolstering Community Cooperation in Ebola Resurgence Protocols: Combining Field Blood Draw and Point-of-Care Diagnosis

Alison Galvani and colleagues describe a community-based protocol to improve cooperation with Ebola testing as well as contact tracing, quarantining, and treatment.

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2017-01, Vol.14 (1), p.e1002227
Main Authors: Fallah, Mosoka P, Skrip, Laura A, Raftery, Philomena, Kullie, Miata, Borbor, Watta, Laney, A Scott, Blackley, David J, Christie, Athalia, Dokubo, Emily Kainne, Lo, Terrence Q, Coulter, Stewart, Baller, April, Vonhm, Benjamin T, Bemah, Philip, Lomax, Sowillie, Yeiah, Adolphus, Wapoe-Sackie, Yatta, Mann, Jennifer, Clement, Peter, Davies-Wayne, Gloria, Hamblion, Esther, Wolfe, Caitlin, Williams, Desmond, Gasasira, Alex, Kateh, Francis, Nyenswah, Tolbert G, Galvani, Alison P
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Language:English
Subjects:
Biology and life sciences
Blood
Blood tests
Clinical Protocols
Colleges & universities
Community
Community health services
Community Participation - statistics & numerical data
Cooperation
Diagnosis
Disease control
Disease prevention
Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Ebola virus
Engineering and Technology
Epidemics
Fever
Funding
Health in Action
Health surveillance
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - diagnosis
Humans
Infectious diseases
Laboratories
Liberia
Management
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methods
Nosocomial infections
People and Places
Point-of-Care Systems - statistics & numerical data
Population Surveillance
Public health
Research and Analysis Methods
Social aspects
Tuberculosis
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Summary:Alison Galvani and colleagues describe a community-based protocol to improve cooperation with Ebola testing as well as contact tracing, quarantining, and treatment.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002227