title: Preparedness planning and care of patients under investigation for or with Ebola virus disease: A survey of physicians in North America.
abstract: The West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic of 2014-2015 required North American hospitals to undertake comprehensive planning and training for the potential need to care for patients with EVD. Here we describe physician contributions to EVD preparedness planning and the care of persons under investigation for or patients with EVD.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
authors.forename: Jessica D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; Office of Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention and Control, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
authors.forename: Kyle B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Enfield
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, The Johns Hopkins HealthSystem, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Trish M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Perl
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; Office of Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention and Control, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA. Electronic address: csifri@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Costi D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Sifri
mesh_terms: D002959:Civil Defense; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009656:North America; D010820:Physicians; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Epidemic; Outbreak; Physician