Bolstering Community Cooperation in Ebola Resurgence Protocols: Combining Field Blood Draw and Point-of-Care Diagnosis

Mosoka Fallah; Laura Skrip; Philomena Raftery; Miata Kullie; Watta M. Borbor; A. Scott Laney; David J. Blackley; Athalia Christie; E. Kainne Dokubo; Terrence Lo; Stewart Coulter; April Baller; Benjamin T. Vonhm; Philip Bemah; Sowillie Lomax; Adolphus Yeiah; Yatta Wapoe-Sackie; Jennifer Mann; Peter Clement; Gloria Davies-Wayne; Esther Hamblion; Caitlin M. Wolfe; Desmond E. Williams; Alex Gasasira; Francis Kateh; Tolbert Nyenswah; Alison P. Galvani

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002227

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On May 9, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Liberia to be free of known Ebola virus transmission following a 14-month epidemic that resulted in nearly 4,800 deaths within Liberia alone Since this declaration, three Ebola resurgences have occurred in Liberia (June 2015, November 2015, March 2016), and others have occurred in Sierra Leone (January 2016) and Guinea (March 2016). Whereas outbreaks of Ebola have been characterized by

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