The first mile: community experience of outbreak control during an Ebola outbreak in Luwero District, Uganda

• Main Authors: Daniel H. de Vries (Author), Jude T. Rwemisisi (Author), Laban K. Musinguzi (Author), Turinawe E. Benoni (Author), Denis Muhangi (Author), Marije de Groot (Author), David Kaawa-Mafigiri (Author), Robert Pool (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A major challenge to outbreak control lies in early detection of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) in local community contexts during the critical initial stages of an epidemic, when risk of spreading is its highest ("the first mile"). In this paper we document how a maj...