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. 2018 Sep 7;218(Suppl 5):S679–S689. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy435

Table 3.

Ebola Virus Disease Rate in Health Workers Compared to Non–Health Workers (HWs) Exposed to Patients With Ebola

Country (Cluster) Year HWs Exposed, No. % of Exposed HWs Infected Non-HWs Exposed, No. % of Exposed Non-HWs Infected
USA (Dallas, TX) [21, 26] 2014 149 1.3 30 0
Sierra Leone (Tonkolili maternity clinic and ward) [11] 2014 28 3.6 18 28
Sierra Leone [25] 2014 2402 8 3.49 million 0.08
Guinea [24] 2014 2210 1.4 6.15 million 0.03
Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone [13] 2014–2015 General population infection rate, 0.14%; physician infection rate, 2.95%; registered nurse infection rate, 4.37%; laboratory technicians infection rate, 4.04%