Review Article
Ebola Virus Infection among Western Healthcare Workers Unable to Recall the Transmission Route
Table 1
Profiles of HCWs from Western countries infected with Ebola virus during the West-African outbreak who could not recall the route of EVD transmission.
| | HCW (country) | HCW category | Country of acquisition/diagnosis | Country of hospitalization | Probable transmission route |
| | A (US) | Doctor | Liberia | US | N/A | | B (US) | Nurse | Liberia | US | Did not care for EVD patients | | C (US) | Obstetrician | Liberia | US | Did not care for EVD patients | | D (UK) | Nurse | Sierra Leone | UK | Used the prescribed PPE. Mistakes in precautions due to overwork (colleagues’ opinion) | | E (Spain)a | N/A | Sierra Leone | Spain | N/A | | F (Spain)a | N/A | Sierra Leone | Spain | N/A | | G (Spain) | Nurse | Spain | Spain | Classified as low Ebola risk. Used the prescribed PPE | | H (Cuba) | Doctor | Sierra Leone | Switzerland | Used the prescribed PPE | | I (US) | Nurse | US | US | Classified as low Ebola risk (complained ill-prepared hospital staff) | | J (US) | Nurse | US | US | Classified as low Ebola risk (complained ill-prepared hospital staff) | | K (US) | Doctor | Guinea (acquisition), US (diagnosis) | US | Used the prescribed PPE | | L (Italy) | Doctor | Sierra Leone | Italy | Used the prescribed PPE | | M (UK) | Nurse | Sierra Leone (acquisition), UK (diagnosis) | UK | Used the prescribed PPE | | N (Italy) | Nurse | Sierra Leone (acquisition), Italy (diagnosis) | Italy | Used the prescribed PPE |
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Died from EVD.
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