Doedeh John, Frimpong Joseph Asamoah, Yealue Kwuakuan D M, Wilson Himiede W, Konway Youhn, Wiah Samson Q, Doedeh Vivian, Bao Umaru, Seneh George, Gorwor Lawrence, Toe Sylvester, Ghartey Emmanuel, Larway Lawrence, Gweh Dedesco, Gonotee Philemon, Paasewe Thomas, Tamatai George, Yarkeh James, Smith Samuel, Brima-Davis Annette, Dauda George, Monger Thomas, Gornor-Pewu Leleh W, Lombeh Siafa, Naiene Jeremias, Dovillie Nathaniel, Korvayan Mark, George Geraldine, Kerwillain Garrison, Jetoh Ralph, Friesen Suzanne, Kinkade Carl, Katawera Victoria, Amo-Addae Maame, George Roseline N, Gbanya Miatta Z, Dokubo E Kainne
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Oct 27;66(42):1140-1143. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6642a4.
On April 25, 2017, the Sinoe County Health Team (CHT) notified the Liberia Ministry of Health (MoH) and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia of an unknown illness among 14 persons that resulted in eight deaths in Sinoe County. On April 26, the National Rapid Response Team and epidemiologists from CDC, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) in Liberia were deployed to support the county-led response. Measures were immediately implemented to identify all cases, ascertain the cause of illness, and control the outbreak. Illness was associated with attendance at a funeral event, and laboratory testing confirmed Neisseria meningitidis in biologic specimens from cases. The 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease (Ebola) outbreak in West Africa devastated Liberia's already fragile health system, and it took many months for the country to mount an effective response to control the outbreak. Substantial efforts have been made to strengthen Liberia's health system to prevent, detect, and respond to health threats. The rapid and efficient field response to this outbreak of N. meningitidis resulted in implementation of appropriate steps to prevent a widespread outbreak and reflects improved public health and outbreak response capacity in Liberia.
2017年4月25日，锡诺埃县卫生团队（CHT）向利比里亚卫生部（MoH）和利比里亚国家公共卫生研究所通报了锡诺埃县14人感染一种不明疾病，其中8人死亡。4月26日，国家快速反应小组以及来自美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）、世界卫生组织（WHO）和利比里亚非洲现场流行病学网络（AFENET）的流行病学家被部署到当地，以支持由该县主导的应对行动。立即采取措施来识别所有病例、确定病因并控制疫情。发病与参加一场葬礼活动有关，实验室检测在病例的生物样本中确认了脑膜炎奈瑟菌。2014 - 2015年西非埃博拉病毒病（埃博拉）疫情摧毁了利比里亚本就脆弱的卫生系统，该国花了数月时间才有效应对并控制住疫情。利比里亚已做出大量努力来加强其卫生系统，以预防、检测和应对健康威胁。对此次脑膜炎奈瑟菌疫情迅速而有效的现场应对使得采取了适当措施来预防疫情蔓延，这反映出利比里亚公共卫生和疫情应对能力有所提高。
