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Case Reports
. 2014 Nov 21;63(46):1087-8.

Ebola virus disease cluster in the United States--Dallas County, Texas, 2014

Michelle S Chevalier, Wendy Chung, Jessica Smith, Lauren M Weil, Sonya M Hughes, Sibeso N Joyner, Emily Hall, Divya Srinath, Julia Ritch, Prea Thathiah, Heidi Threadgill, Diana Cervantes, David L Lakey; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Case Reports

Ebola virus disease cluster in the United States--Dallas County, Texas, 2014

Michelle S Chevalier et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .

Erratum in

  • MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Dec 5;63(48):1139

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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Timeline of events for Ebola patients 1, 2, and 3 — Dallas, Texas, September 20–November 7, 2014
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