ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΟΠΟΙΗΜΕΝΗ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΗΣΗ ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΜΕ ΤHN ΕΠΙΔΗΜΙΑ EBOLA ΣΤΗ ΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΑΦΡΙΚΗ

Summary “Meeting with health and other professions likely to enter into contact with Ebola patients”

Open Letter of ESCMID to urge Europe to harmonise Ebola infection control protocols

Ebola+, a new Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) programme on Ebola and related diseases

PDF Airport Exit and Entry Screening for Ebola — August–November 10, 2014 Clive M Brown, MBBS, Aaron E Aranas, MPH, Gabrielle A Benenson, MPH, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-6 In response to the Ebola epidemic, CDC, the World Health Organization, and other international organizations collaborated in August to screen for Ebola persons at airports who were exiting countries with widespread transmission. Since the program began, an estimated 80,000 travelers have departed by air from the three countries with widespread Ebola transmission. In October, an enhanced U.S. entry screening program was begun at five U.S. airports as an added measure. Of 1,993 travelers screened, a total of 86 (4.3%) were referred to CDC for additional evaluation, and seven (8.1%) were symptomatic and referred for medical evaluation. None of the seven were diagnosed with Ebola.   PDF Ebola Virus Disease in Health Care Workers — Sierra Leone, 2014 Peter H. Kilmarx, MD, Kevin R. Clarke, MD, Patricia M. Dietz, DrPH, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-4 Health care workers are at increased risk for infection in outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (Ebola). To characterize Ebola in health care workers in Sierra Leone and guide prevention efforts, surveillance data from the national Viral Hemorrhagic Fever database were analyzed. This report summarizes the results of that analysis.   PDF Rapid Assessment of Ebola Infection Prevention and Control Needs — Six Districts, Sierra Leone, October 2014 Ishani Pathmanathan, MD, Katherine A. O’Connor, MPH, Monica L. Adams, PhD, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-3 Ebola infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are essential to interrupt virus transmission and protect the health care workforce. As of October 31, 2014, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation had reported 3,854 laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola since the outbreak began in May 2014. CDC Ebola Response Team members conducted an assessment in six of the 14 districts in Sierra Leone, in order to rapidly identify existing IPC resources and high priority outbreak response needs. This report summarizes that assessment.

Update: Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — West Africa, November 2014 
CDC Incident Management System Ebola Epidemiology Team; Guinea Interministerial Committee for Response Against the Ebola Virus and the World Health Organization; CDC Guinea Response Team; et al.
MMWR 2014;63(Early Release):1-3 

Evidence for a Decrease in Transmission of Ebola Virus — Lofa County, Liberia, June 8–November 1, 2014 
Aditya Sharma, MD, Nico Heijenberg, MD, Clement Peter, MD, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-5 

Evidence for Declining Numbers of Ebola Cases — Montserrado County, Liberia, June–October 2014 
Tolbert G. Nyenswah, MPH, Matthew Westercamp, PhD, Amanda Ashraf Kamali, MD, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-5 

Ebola Virus Disease Cases Among Health Care Workers Not Working in Ebola Treatment Units —
Liberia, June–August, 2014 
Almea Matanock, MD, M. Allison Arwady, MD, Patrick Ayscue, DVM, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-5 

Ebola Epidemic — Liberia, March–October 2014 
Tolbert Nyenswah, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Moses Massaquoi, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-5 

Ebola Virus Disease Cluster in the United States — Dallas County, Texas, 2014 
Michelle S. Chevalier, MD, Wendy Chung, MD, Jessica Smith, MPH, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-3 

Response to Importation of a Case of Ebola Virus Disease — Ohio, October 2014 
Carolyn L. McCarty, PhD, Colin Basler, DVM, Mateusz Karwowski, MD, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-3 

Critical aspects of the safe use of personal protective equipmentDate of publication: 29 October 2014   ECDC website

Risk of transmission of Ebola virus via donated blood and other substances of human origin in the EU Date of publication: 6 October 2014  ECDC website

Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola virus disease: Entry and exit screening measures Date of publication: 13 October 2014 ECDC website

Assessing and planning medical evacuation flights to Europe for patients with Ebola virus disease and people exposed to Ebola virus Date of publication: 22 October 2014 ECDC website

Public health management of persons having had contact with Ebola virus disease cases in the EU Date of publication: 23 October 2014 ECDC website

Options for preparing for gatherings in the EU in the context of the current outbreak
of EVD in West Africa Date of publication: 29 October 2014  ECDC website

Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa - Update Date of publication: 17 and 14 October 2014 ECDC website