Mory Keita, Ibrahima Sory Cherif, Jonathan A Polonsky, Samuel T Boland, Youba Kandako, Mahamoud Sama Cherif, Mamadou Kourouma, Aly Antoine Kamano, Houssainatou Bah, Ibrahima Sory Fofana, Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo, Stephanie Dagron, Dick Chamla, Abdou Salam Gueye, Olivia Keiser
BACKGROUND: In 2021, an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak was declared in Guinea, linked to persistent virus from the 2014-2016 West Africa Epidemic. This paper analyzes factors associated with contact tracing reliability (defined as completion of a 21-day daily follow-up) during the 2021 outbreak, and transitively, provides recommendations for enhancing contact tracing reliability in future. METHODS: We conducted a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study using multivariate regression analysis of contact tracing data from 1071 EVD contacts of 23 EVD cases (16 confirmed and 7 probable)...
February 19, 2024: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health