Occupational Exposures to Ebola Virus in Ebola Treatment Center, Conakry, Guinea

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 1380 - 1383
• Main Authors: Savini, Hélène, Janvier, Frédéric, Karkowski, Ludovic, Billhot, Magali, Aletti, Marc, Bordes, Julien, Koulibaly, Fassou, Cordier, Pierre-Yves, Cournac, Jean-Marie, Maugey, Nancy, Gagnon, Nicolas, Cotte, Jean, Cambon, Audrey, Mac Nab, Christine, Moroge, Sophie, Rousseau, Claire, Foissaud, Vincent, De Greslan, Thierry, Granier, Hervé, Cellarier, Gilles, Valade, Eric, Kraemer, Philippe, Alla, Philippe, Mérens, Audrey, Sagui, Emmanuel, Carmoi, Thierry, Rapp, Christophe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.08.2017; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Conakry; disease; Dispatch; Ebola virus; Ebolavirus; Guinea - epidemiology; Health Personnel; healthcare workers; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - transmission; Humans; Incidence; Occupational exposure; Occupational Exposure - adverse effects; Occupational Exposures to Ebola Virus in Ebola Treatment Center, Conakry, Guinea; Prospective Studies; Risk factors; viruses; Guinea; Ebola virus; viruses; Conakry; Guinea; healthcare workers; occupational exposures; treatment center; Ebola virus disease
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2308.161804

We report 77 cases of occupational exposures for 57 healthcare workers at the Ebola Treatment Center in Conakry, Guinea, during the Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2014-2015. Despite the high incidence of 3.5 occupational exposures/healthcare worker/year, only 18% of workers were at high risk for transmission, and no infections occurred.