Hosting of mass gathering sporting events during the 2013-2016 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa: experience from three African countries.
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, 1 Modderfontein Rd, Sandringham, Johannesburg, 2192, South Africa. Electronic address: lucilleb@nicd.ac.za.
Lucille
L
Blumberg
World Health Organization WHO/HSE/GCR, Geneva, Switzerland.
Jetri
J
Regmi
Global Health Department, Public Health England, London, UK.
Tina
T
Endricks
Global Health Department, Public Health England, London, UK.
Brian
B
McCloskey
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Eskild
E
Petersen
Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Alimuddin
A
Zumla
World Health Organization WHO/HSE/GCR, Geneva, Switzerland.
Maurizio
M
Barbeschi
Ebola virus; Mass gathering; Sporting event; West Africa