title: Risk in the "Red Zone": Outcomes for Children Admitted to Ebola Holding Units in Sierra Leone Without Ebola Virus Disease.
abstract: We collected data on 1054 children admitted to Ebola Holding Units in Sierra Leone and describe outcomes of 697/1054 children testing negative for Ebola virus disease (EVD) and accompanying caregivers. Case-fatality was 9%; 3/630 (0.5%) children discharged testing negative were readmitted EVD-positive. Nosocomial EVD transmission risk may be lower than feared.
authors.affiliation: Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Physiological Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom.|Save the Children, Sierra Leone and United Kingdom.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.affiliation: Save the Children, Sierra Leone and United Kingdom.|Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wing
authors.affiliation: Save the Children, Sierra Leone and United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naveed
authors.affiliation: Save the Children, Sierra Leone and United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gbessay
authors.affiliation: Save the Children, Sierra Leone and United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J C G
authors.initials: JCG
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.affiliation: Save the Children, Sierra Leone and United Kingdom.|Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Checchi
authors.affiliation: Kings Sierra Leone Partnership, Kings Centre for Global Health, Kings College London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Youkee
authors.affiliation: 34 Military Hospital, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Freetown.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Jalloh
authors.affiliation: Ola During Children's Hospital, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health, Freetown.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baion
authors.affiliation: Ola During Children's Hospital, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health, Freetown.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mustapha
authors.affiliation: Cap Anamur (German Emergency Doctors), Ola During Children's Hospital, Freetown.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jah
authors.affiliation: Welbodi Partnership, Ola During Children's Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lako
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oza
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boufkhed
authors.affiliation: Western Area Emergency Response Centre, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Feury
authors.affiliation: MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bielicki
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.|Farr Institute of Health Informatics, London.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.affiliation: MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gibb
authors.affiliation: Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Physiological Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: 34 Military Hospital, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Freetown.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sahr
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yeung
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D029043:Ebolavirus; D005260:Female; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012807:Sierra Leone / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Ebola virus disease; children; nosocomial infection; pediatrics; viral hemorrhagic fever