Elimination of Ebola Virus Transmission in Liberia — September 3, 2015

Following 42 days since the last Ebola virus disease (Ebola) patient was discharged from a Liberian Ebola treatment unit (ETU), September 3, 2015, marks the second time in a 4-month period that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission (1). The first c...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2015-09, Vol.64 (35), p.979-980
Main Authors: Bawo, Luke, Fallah, Mosoka, Kateh, Francis, Nagbe, Thomas, Clement, Peter, Gasasira, Alex, Mahmoud, Nuha, Musa, Emmanuel, Lo, Terrence Q., Pillai, Satish K., Seeman, Sara, Sunshine, Brittany J., Weidle, Paul J., Nyensweh, Tolbert
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Language:English
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Disease Eradication
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Ebola virus
Ebola virus infections
Ebolavirus - isolation & purification
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - prevention & control
Humans
Liberia - epidemiology
Virus diseases
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Summary:Following 42 days since the last Ebola virus disease (Ebola) patient was discharged from a Liberian Ebola treatment unit (ETU), September 3, 2015, marks the second time in a 4-month period that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission (1). The first confirmed Ebola cases in West Africa were identified in southeastern Guinea on March 23, 2014, and within 1 week, cases were identified and confirmed in Liberia (1). Since then, Liberia has reported 5,036 confirmed and probable Ebola cases and 4,808 Ebola-related deaths. The epidemic in Liberia peaked in late summer and early fall of 2014, when more than 200 confirmed and probable cases were reported each week .
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X
DOI:10.15585/mmwr.mm6435a5