Ebola travel screening

3/28/2016

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ScienMag (March 28) -- As of January 31, 2016, a total of 28,639 cases and 11,316 deaths have been attributed to Ebola, figures may significantly underestimate the actual scope of the 2014 outbreak in West Africa. One strategy recommended by the World Health Organization required exit screening at airports for passengers who depart from countries with Ebola. In a recent study, published in Preventive Medicine, CS professor Sheldon Jacobson and his colleagues provide an alternative policy for Ebola entry screening at airports in the United States. Also: Science Daily (March 28), MyInforms.com (March 28), ScienceBlog (March 28), Infection Control Today (March 29), MedIndia.net (March 29), News-Medical.net (March 29), Vaccine Daily News (March 31).


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This story was published March 28, 2016.