Ebola virus disease nosocomial infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a descriptive study of cases during the 2018–2020 outbreak

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Authors

April Baller · World Health Organization - Pakistan

Maria Clara Padoveze · World Health Organization - Pakistan

Patrick Mirindi · World Health Organization - Pakistan

Carmen Hazim · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jonathan Lotemo · Ministry of Public Health

Jérôme Pfaffmann · United Nations Children's Fund

Aminata Ndéné Ndiaye

Abstract

Nurses and traditional healers should be targeted for infection prevention and control training, and supportive supervision should be provided to HFs to mitigate EVD transmission.

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing COVID-19 epidemiological studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volume 115, pp. 126-133

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.11.039

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