On alert for Ebola: public health risk assessment of travellers from Uganda to the USA during the 2022 outbreak.
Jennifer J FowlerLeigh Ellyn PrestonShannon L GearhartArgelia FigueroaDeborah L ChristensenColby MitchellEstephania HernandezArdath W GrillsStephanie M MorrisonMelanie WilkinsonTahab TalibKayla Marie LavillaTureka WatsonDionne MitchamRonnae NashMaria A Colón VeguillaSabrina HansenNicole J CohenSeseni A Nu ClarkeAr'reil SmithsonEmma ShearerDanielle Gilliard PellaJoseph D MorrisSarah MeehanMahmoud AboukheirKara AdamsZenia SunavalaJake ConleyMaeva AbouattierMatthew PaloLinda Capewell PimentelAndre BerroHugh MainzerRamona ByrkitDaniel KimVolha KatebiFrancisco Alvarado-RamyShahrokh RoohiAbbey E Wojnonull nullClive M BrownAlida M GertzPublished in: Journal of travel medicine (2024)
Entry risk assessment and post-arrival monitoring of travellers are resource-intensive activities that had low demonstrated yield during this and previous outbreaks. The efficiency of future responses could be improved by incorporating an assessment of risk of importation of disease, accounting for individual travellers' potential for exposure, and expanded use of methods that reduce burden to federal agencies, health departments, and travellers.