Development and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.

During an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, calculating the exposure window of a confirmed case can assist field investigators in identifying the source of infection and establishing chains of transmission. However, field investigators often have difficulty calculating this window. We developed a...

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Autores principales:	Amy Whitesell, Nirma D Bustamante, Miles Stewart, Jeff Freeman, Amber M Dismer, Walter Alarcon, Aaron Kofman, Amen Ben Hamida, Stuart T Nichol, Inger Damon, Dana L Haberling, Mory Keita, Gisèle Mbuyi, Gregory Armstrong, Derek Juang, Jason Dana, Mary J Choi
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:abcb44b5a63a4c95b443264bce9971f32021-12-02T20:18:38ZDevelopment and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0255631https://doaj.org/article/abcb44b5a63a4c95b443264bce9971f32021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255631https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203During an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, calculating the exposure window of a confirmed case can assist field investigators in identifying the source of infection and establishing chains of transmission. However, field investigators often have difficulty calculating this window. We developed a bilingual (English/French), smartphone-based field application to assist field investigators in determining the exposure window of an EVD case. The calculator only requires the reported date of symptoms onset and the type of symptoms present at onset or the date of death. Prior to the release of this application, there was no similar electronic capability to enable consistent calculation of EVD exposure windows for field investigators. The Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministry of Health endorsed the application and incorporated it into trainings for field staff. Available for Apple and Android devices, the calculator continues to be downloaded even as the eastern DRC outbreak resolved. We rapidly developed and implemented a smartphone application to estimate the exposure window for EVD cases in an outbreak setting.Amy WhitesellNirma D BustamanteMiles StewartJeff FreemanAmber M DismerWalter AlarconAaron KofmanAmen Ben HamidaStuart T NicholInger DamonDana L HaberlingMory KeitaGisèle MbuyiGregory ArmstrongDerek JuangJason DanaMary J ChoiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0255631 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Amy Whitesell Nirma D Bustamante Miles Stewart Jeff Freeman Amber M Dismer Walter Alarcon Aaron Kofman Amen Ben Hamida Stuart T Nichol Inger Damon Dana L Haberling Mory Keita Gisèle Mbuyi Gregory Armstrong Derek Juang Jason Dana Mary J Choi Development and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.
description	During an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, calculating the exposure window of a confirmed case can assist field investigators in identifying the source of infection and establishing chains of transmission. However, field investigators often have difficulty calculating this window. We developed a bilingual (English/French), smartphone-based field application to assist field investigators in determining the exposure window of an EVD case. The calculator only requires the reported date of symptoms onset and the type of symptoms present at onset or the date of death. Prior to the release of this application, there was no similar electronic capability to enable consistent calculation of EVD exposure windows for field investigators. The Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministry of Health endorsed the application and incorporated it into trainings for field staff. Available for Apple and Android devices, the calculator continues to be downloaded even as the eastern DRC outbreak resolved. We rapidly developed and implemented a smartphone application to estimate the exposure window for EVD cases in an outbreak setting.
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author	Amy Whitesell Nirma D Bustamante Miles Stewart Jeff Freeman Amber M Dismer Walter Alarcon Aaron Kofman Amen Ben Hamida Stuart T Nichol Inger Damon Dana L Haberling Mory Keita Gisèle Mbuyi Gregory Armstrong Derek Juang Jason Dana Mary J Choi
author_facet	Amy Whitesell Nirma D Bustamante Miles Stewart Jeff Freeman Amber M Dismer Walter Alarcon Aaron Kofman Amen Ben Hamida Stuart T Nichol Inger Damon Dana L Haberling Mory Keita Gisèle Mbuyi Gregory Armstrong Derek Juang Jason Dana Mary J Choi
author_sort	Amy Whitesell
title	Development and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.
title_short	Development and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.
title_full	Development and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.
title_fullStr	Development and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.
title_full_unstemmed	Development and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.
title_sort	development and implementation of the ebola exposure window calculator: a tool for ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/abcb44b5a63a4c95b443264bce9971f3
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Development and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.

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