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Occupational Exposures to Ebola Virus in Ebola Treatment Center, Conakry, Guinea

Hélène Savini et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

We report 77 cases of occupational exposures for 57 healthcare workers at the Ebola Treatment Center in Conakry, Guinea, during the Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2014-2015. Despite the high incidence of 3.5 occupational exposures/healthcare worker/year, only 18% of workers were at high risk for transmission, and no infections occurred.

Keywords: Conakry; Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; Guinea; healthcare workers; occupational exposures; treatment center; viruses.

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