title: Ebola virus disease cluster in the United States--Dallas County, Texas, 2014.
abstract: Since March 10, 2014, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have experienced the largest known Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic with approximately 13,000 persons infected as of October 28, 2014. Before September 25, 2014, only four patients with Ebola had been treated in the United States; all of these patients had been diagnosed in West Africa and medically evacuated to the United States for care.
authors.forename: Michelle S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Weil
authors.forename: Sonya M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Sibeso N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Joyner
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Srinath
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ritch
authors.forename: Prea
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thathiah
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Threadgill
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cervantes
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lakey
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016358:Contact Tracing; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058872:Epidemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007988:Liberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel