Serological analysis of Ebola virus survivors and close contacts in Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional study.

• Main Authors: Peter J Halfmann (Author), Amie J Eisfeld (Author), Tokiko Watanabe (Author), Tadashi Maemura (Author), Makoto Yamashita (Author), Satoshi Fukuyama (Author), Tammy Armbrust (Author), Isaiah Rozich (Author), Alhaji N'jai (Author), Gabriele Neumann (Author), Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Author), Foday Sahr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The 2013-2016 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa was the largest and deadliest outbreak to date. Here we conducted a serological study to examine the antibody levels in survivors and the seroconversion in close contacts who took care of Ebola-infected individuals, but did not develop symptoms of Eb...