Abstract
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa caused breakdowns in public health systems, which might have caused outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. We tested 80 patients admitted to an Ebola treatment center in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for measles. These patients were negative for Ebola virus. Measles virus IgM was detected in 13 (16%) of the patients.
Keywords:
Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; IgM; Sierra Leone; West Africa; measles; measles virus; outbreak; viruses.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antibodies, Viral / blood*
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Child
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Ebolavirus / pathogenicity
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Ebolavirus / physiology
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Female
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin M / blood
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Incidence
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Male
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Measles / epidemiology*
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Measles / immunology
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Measles / prevention & control
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Measles / virology
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Measles Vaccine / administration & dosage
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Measles virus / genetics*
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Measles virus / immunology
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Measles virus / isolation & purification
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Public Health
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RNA, Viral / blood*
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Sierra Leone / epidemiology
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Vaccination
Substances
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Antibodies, Viral
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Immunoglobulin M
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Measles Vaccine
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RNA, Viral