title: Notes from The Field: Ebola Virus Disease Cluster - Northern Sierra Leone, January 2016.
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.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alpren
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Boegler
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ervin
authors.forename: Faith
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Washburn
authors.forename: Regan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rickert
authors.forename: Tushar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Redd
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D012807:Sierra Leone / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult