Household Transmission of Ebola Virus: Risks and Preventive Factors, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2015

Reichler, Mary R.; Bangura, James; Bruden, Dana; Keimbe, Charles; Duffy, Nadezhda; Thomas, Harold; Knust, Barbara; Farmar, Ishmail; Nichols, Erin; Jambai, Amara; Morgan, Oliver; Hennessy, Thomas W.; Team, Household Transmission Investigative; Davies, Francis; Dumbuya, Mohamed Sima; Kamara, Hannah; Kallon, Mohamed Yayah; Kpukumu, Joseph; Abu, Sheku; Bangura, Fatmata; Bangura, S.; Bangura, T; Benya, Hassan; Blango, Sandi; Conteh, Imurana; Conteh, Peter; Jabbie, Bintu; Jabbie, Sheku; Kamara, Luseni; Lansana, Francis; Rogers, Maada; Sewa, Sahr Brima; Yamba, Matthew; Bessler, Patricia; Campbell, Shelley; Chung, Wendy; Ervin, Elizabeth; Herse, S

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiy204

Cited by 18 publications

(12 citation statements)

References 13 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Specifically, at the beginning of the epidemic, religious gatherings and practices that involved washing the body during burial practices accelerated the transmission of the Ebola virus, which is known to transmit through blood and bodily fluids. Furthermore, religious leaders refusing to adhere to public health guidelines imparted their understanding of the Ebola virus to their believers (Reichler et al, 2018 ). In response to this situation, the World Health Organization and several religious organizations such as the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, Catholic Relief Services, and international faith-based organizations developed and disseminated a new protocol in November 2014 with the help of religious leaders, specifically with Muslim and Christian burial rituals and successfully controlled the epidemic by reducing cases in half (6,383 new cases in October 2014 whereas 3883 in November and 3060 in December) (Bell et al, 2016 ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“A Divine Infection”: A Systematic Review on the Roles of Religious Communities During the Early Stage of COVID-19

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The objective of this systematic review was to summarize the roles that religious communities played during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic. Seven databases were searched and a total of 58 articles in English published between February 2020 and July 2020 were included in evidence synthesis. The findings of the literature showed diverse influences of religion as a double-edged sword in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Religious communities have played detrimental and/or beneficial roles as a response to COVID-19 pandemic. A collaborative approach among religious communities, health science, and government is critical to combat COVID-19 crisis and future pandemics/epidemics.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“A Divine Infection”: A Systematic Review on the Roles of Religious Communities During the Early Stage of COVID-19

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…We refer the readers to some of the previous studies, e.g., using statistical inference to determine the transmission chain 10 , or just using the first symptomatic infection as the infector for the whole cluster, e.g. 11 , 12 . The successful identification of transmission events would help the study of disease transmission risks in different scenarios and among people with different demographic features.…”

Section: Usage Notesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobility, exposure, and epidemiological timelines of COVID-19 infections in China outside Hubei province

Liu

2021

Sci Data

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is pseudonymously linked to more than 100 million cases in the world as of January 2021. High-quality data are needed but lacking in the understanding of and fighting against COVID-19. We provide a complete and updating hand-coded line-list dataset containing detailed information of the cases in China and outside the epicenter in Hubei province. The data are extracted from public disclosures by local health authorities, starting from January 19. This dataset contains a very rich set of features for the characterization of COVID-19’s epidemiological properties, including individual cases’ demographic information, travel history, potential virus exposure scenario, contacts with known infections, and timelines of symptom onset, quarantine, infection confirmation, and hospitalization. These cases can be considered the baseline COVID-19 transmissibility under extreme mitigation measures, and therefore, a reference for comparative scientific investigation and public policymaking.

show abstract

“…Ebola virus disease: This is a usually fatal disease caused by the Ebola virus. It has been established that this disease is usually transmitted through contact of apparently healthy individuals with the body fluids of individuals infected with the virus [43,44]. Earlier and recent reports suggest that the virus was originally found in primates and bats in wildlife from where they were transmitted to humans that came in contact with them [45,46].…”

Section: Brief Review Of Zoonotic Viruses and Their Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Tackling COVID-19 through the One Health Approach

Ajayi¹,

Odeleye²,

Popoola³

2021

Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Covid-19 pandemic is currently ravaging the globe with enormous morbidity and mortality. This pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 started from China and has spread across the globe. Initial reports indicated that the SARS-CoV-2 initially emerged among animals from where they transfer to humans. Different strategies deployed to curtail the pandemic have yielded little result. Therefore, the One-Health concept may compliment existing strategies. The One Health places emphasis on the between the animal-human-ecosystem interface and how this can be used to tackle public health problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic. One Health Surveillance will involve tracking viral pathogens in animals to access risk of transfer to humans. It will also stimulate targeted approaches for prevention and treatment of viral zoonotic infections. There should be an integrated and interdisciplinary One-Health surveillance that should incorporate veterinary, medical or public health and environmental scientists to synergise surveillance effort to track emergence of infectious diseases in the future.

show abstract

Household Transmission of Ebola Virus: Risks and Preventive Factors, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2015

Cited by 18 publications

References 13 publications

“A Divine Infection”: A Systematic Review on the Roles of Religious Communities During the Early Stage of COVID-19

“A Divine Infection”: A Systematic Review on the Roles of Religious Communities During the Early Stage of COVID-19

Mobility, exposure, and epidemiological timelines of COVID-19 infections in China outside Hubei province

Tackling COVID-19 through the One Health Approach

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About