Ebola Virus Disease Preparations Do Not Protect the United States Against Other Infectious Outbreaks

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ID11037858
AutoresShawn G Gibbs (0000-0002-6041-5166, Shawn Gibbs and Aurora Le are with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington. John Lowe and Jocelyn Herstein are with the Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, and the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha. Paul Biddinger is with Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, and Harvard Medical School, Boston.), John J Lowe (0000-0003-0131-1575, Shawn Gibbs and Aurora Le are with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington. John Lowe and Jocelyn Herstein are with the Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, and the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha. Paul Biddinger is with Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, and Harvard Medical School, Boston.), Aurora B Le (0000-0002-6866-6779, Shawn Gibbs and Aurora Le are with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington. John Lowe and Jocelyn Herstein are with the Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, and the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha. Paul Biddinger is with Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, and Harvard Medical School, Boston.), Jocelyn J Herstein (0000-0003-3686-1198, Shawn Gibbs and Aurora Le are with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington. John Lowe and Jocelyn Herstein are with the Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, and the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha. Paul Biddinger is with Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, and Harvard Medical School, Boston.), Paul D Biddinger (0000-0002-9664-6476, Shawn Gibbs and Aurora Le are with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington. John Lowe and Jocelyn Herstein are with the Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, and the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha. Paul Biddinger is with Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, and Harvard Medical School, Boston.)
Ano2018
Volume108
Fascículo10
Páginas1327-1329
Data de publicação2018-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2018.304667
PMID30207757
OpenAlexW2890926040
IdiomaEN
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The 2014–2016 West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic took the world by surprise. While 11 patients were treated in the United States, it challenged public health, health care, and emergency response infrastructures. The outbreak highlighted the need for robust systems of screening and care for patients with highly hazardous communicable diseases (HHCDs), especially because the outbreak showed how modern travel hastens international disease spread. The May 2018 EVD outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo reinforces this need and demonstrates the uphill battle against emerging and reemerging diseases

Disease · Ebola virus · Environmental health · Family medicine · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Medical education · Medical school · Medical unit · Outbreak · Pathology · Public health · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology · Gerontology