Ebola Virus Disease Cluster in the United States - Dallas County, Texas, 2014.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 21;63(46):1087-1088
Authors: Chevalier MS, Chung W, Smith J, Weil LM, Hughes SM, Joyner SN, Hall E, Srinath D, Ritch J, Thathiah P, Threadgill H, Cervantes D, Lakey DL
Abstract
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.
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