Immunisation and Countermeasures Department, Public Health England, London NW9 5EQ, UK.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2022 Jun 27;44(2):370-377. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa216.
In response to the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa in 2014 and evidence of spread to other countries, pre-entry screening was introduced by PHE at five major ports of entry in the England.
All passengers that entered the England via the five ports returning from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leonne were required to complete a Health Assessment Form and have their temperature taken. The numbers, characteristics and outcomes of these passengers were analysed.
Between 14 October 2014 and 13 October 2015, a total of 12 648 passengers from affected countries had been screened. The majority of passengers were assessed as having no direct contact with EVD cases or high-risk events (12 069, 95.4%), although 535 (4.2%) passengers were assessed as requiring public health follow-up. In total, 39 passengers were referred directly to secondary care, although none were diagnosed with EVD. One high-risk passenger was later referred to secondary care and diagnosed with EVD.
Collection of these screening data enabled timely monitoring of the numbers and characteristics of passengers screened for EVD, facilitated resourcing decisions and acted as a mechanism to inform passengers of the necessary public health actions.
针对 2014 年西非爆发的埃博拉病毒病（EVD）以及有证据表明该病已传播到其他国家，英格兰五个主要入境口岸的 PHE 引入了入境前筛查。
所有从利比里亚、几内亚和塞拉利昂返回英格兰的入境旅客都需要填写健康评估表并接受体温检测。对这些旅客的数量、特征和结果进行了分析。
2014 年 10 月 14 日至 2015 年 10 月 13 日期间，共有来自受影响国家的 12648 名旅客接受了筛查。大多数旅客被评估为没有直接接触 EVD 病例或高风险事件（12069 人，占 95.4%），尽管有 535 名（4.2%）旅客被评估为需要公共卫生随访。共有 39 名旅客被直接转介至二级护理，但均未被诊断为 EVD。一名高风险旅客后来被转介至二级护理，并被诊断为 EVD。
收集这些筛查数据可及时监测筛查 EVD 的旅客数量和特征，为资源决策提供便利，并作为一种机制，让旅客了解必要的公共卫生措施。
