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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec;23(12):2081-2084.
doi: 10.3201/eid2312.171100.

Lack of Secondary Transmission of Ebola Virus from Healthcare Worker to 238 Contacts, United Kingdom, December 2014

Paul Crook, Alison Smith-Palmer, Helen Maguire, Noel McCarthy, Hilary Kirkbride, Bruce Court, Sanch Kanagarajah, Deborah Turbitt, Syed Ahmed, Paul Cosford, Isabel Oliver
Case Reports

Lack of Secondary Transmission of Ebola Virus from Healthcare Worker to 238 Contacts, United Kingdom, December 2014

Paul Crook et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec.

Erratum in

  • Correction: Vol. 23, No. 12.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jun;24(6):1164. doi: 10.3201/eid2406.C22406. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018. PMID: 31329725 Free PMC article.

Abstract

In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom after the worker returned from an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. The worker flew on 2 flights during the early stages of disease. Follow-up of 238 contacts showed no evidence of secondary transmission of Ebola virus.

Keywords: EVD; Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; England; London; Scotland; Sierra Leone; aircraft; airports; communicable diseases; contact tracing; healthcare worker; hemorrhagic fever; public health; secondary transmission; travel; viruses; zoonoses.

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