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Ebola study says a dozen more were hospitalized during Dallas outbreak than was revealed
By SHERRY JACOBSON sjacobson@dallasnews.com
Staff Writer
Published: 26 May 2015 11:15 PM
Updated: 27 May 2015 12:38 AM
More people than the public knew were hospitalized for possible Ebola exposure during Dallas? outbreak, a new study says.
Last fall, only two people were known to be hospitalized here after potentially contracting the often-fatal disease from a Liberian traveler. They were the nurses who tested positive.
At the time, it was not revealed that an additional dozen people, nine of them health care workers, came down with Ebola-like symptoms while being monitored for possible exposure. The report said they developed fevers, headaches, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.
Without fanfare, the patients were hospitalized for one to five days and released after testing negative for Ebola. Their average stay was 2.5 days.
Some patients might not have reported their symptoms if they thought the media would find out and stigmatize their families, said Dr. Wendy Chung, chief epidemiologist at Dallas County Health and Human Services and the study?s lead investigator.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metr...-during-dallas-outbreak-than-was-revealed.ece
By SHERRY JACOBSON sjacobson@dallasnews.com
Staff Writer
Published: 26 May 2015 11:15 PM
Updated: 27 May 2015 12:38 AM
More people than the public knew were hospitalized for possible Ebola exposure during Dallas? outbreak, a new study says.
Last fall, only two people were known to be hospitalized here after potentially contracting the often-fatal disease from a Liberian traveler. They were the nurses who tested positive.
At the time, it was not revealed that an additional dozen people, nine of them health care workers, came down with Ebola-like symptoms while being monitored for possible exposure. The report said they developed fevers, headaches, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.
Without fanfare, the patients were hospitalized for one to five days and released after testing negative for Ebola. Their average stay was 2.5 days.
Some patients might not have reported their symptoms if they thought the media would find out and stigmatize their families, said Dr. Wendy Chung, chief epidemiologist at Dallas County Health and Human Services and the study?s lead investigator.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metr...-during-dallas-outbreak-than-was-revealed.ece