2016•MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportOpen access
Notes from The Field: Ebola Virus Disease Cluster — Northern Sierra Leone, January 2016
Charles Alpren, Michelle L. Sloan, Karen A. Boegler, Daniel W. Martin, Elizabeth Ervin, Faith Washburn, Regan Rickert, Tushar Singh, John T. Redd, Interagency Investigation Team, Interagency Investigation Team, Andrew Bangalie, Micah Bass, Sarah D. Bennett, Isaac Boateng, Deanna Campbell, Cynthia H. Cassell, Matt cotton, Nadezhda Duffy, Ian Goodfellow, Sara Hersey, Eddie Jackson, Umaru Jah, Augustine S. Jimissa, Ansumana S. Kamara, Fatmata Kamara, Paul Kellam, Rebecca Levine, Luke Meredith, Leigh Ann Miller, Stephanie Moody-Geissler, Robert Musoke, Dhamari Naidoo, John Ndyahikayo, Gibril J. Njie, My V. T. Phan, Andrew Rambaut, Foday Sesay
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Abstract
On January 14, 2016, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation was notified that a buccal swab collected on January 12 from a deceased female aged 22 years (patient A) in Tonkolili District had tested positive for Ebola virus by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The most recent case of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in Sierra Leone had been reported 4 months earlier on September 13, 2015 (1), and the World Health Organization had declared the end of Ebola virus transmission in Sierra Leone on November 7, 2015 (2). The Government of Sierra Leone launched a response to prevent further transmission of Ebola virus by identifying contacts of the decedent and monitoring them for Ebola signs and symptoms, ensuring timely treatment for anyone with Ebola, and conducting an epidemiologic investigation to identify the source of infection.
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