Investigation of and Strategies to Control the Final Cluster of the 2018-2020 Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mory KeitaJonathan PolonskyIris FinciPlacide Mbala-KingebeniMichel Kalongo IlumbulumbuAdama DakissagaJohn Kombe NgwamaMichel Kasereka TosalisanaSteve Ahuka-MundekeAbdou Salam GueyeStephanie DagronOlivia KeiserIbrahima Soce Fall

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)

This study illustrates the high risk of additional flare-ups in the period leading to the end-of-outbreak declaration and the importance of maintaining enhanced surveillance and confinement activities to rapidly control Ebola outbreaks.

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public health
south africa