Elimination of Ebola Virus Transmission in Liberia — September 3, 2015

• Published in: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report Vol. 64; no. 35; pp. 979 - 980
• Main Authors: Bawo, Luke, Fallah, Mosoka, Kateh, Francis, Nagbe, Thomas, Clement, Peter, Gasasira, Alex, Mahmoud, Nuha, Musa, Emmanuel, Lo, Terrence Q., Pillai, Satish K., Seeman, Sara, Sunshine, Brittany J., Weidle, Paul J., Nyensweh, Tolbert
• Format: Journal Article Newsletter
• Language: English
• Published: United States Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 11.09.2015; U.S. Government Printing Office
• Subjects: Disease Eradication; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Ebola virus; Ebola virus infections; Ebolavirus - isolation & purification; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - prevention & control; Humans; Liberia - epidemiology; Virus diseases; Liberia
• ISSN: 0149-2195; 1545-861X
• DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6435a5

Following 42 days since the last Ebola virus disease (Ebola) patient was discharged from a Liberian Ebola treatment unit (ETU), September 3, 2015, marks the second time in a 4-month period that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission (1). The first confirmed Ebola cases in West Africa were identified in southeastern Guinea on March 23, 2014, and within 1 week, cases were identified and confirmed in Liberia (1). Since then, Liberia has reported 5,036 confirmed and probable Ebola cases and 4,808 Ebola-related deaths. The epidemic in Liberia peaked in late summer and early fall of 2014, when more than 200 confirmed and probable cases were reported each week .