Eurosurveillance – Volume 20, Issue 12, 26 March 2015

Eurosurveillance
Volume 20, Issue 12, 26 March 2015
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/Public/Articles/Archives.aspx?PublicationId=11678

Editorials
The tail of the epidemic and the challenge of tracing the very last Ebola case
by K Kaasik-Aaslav, D Coulombier

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Rapid communications
Ebola response missions: To go or not to go? Cross-sectional study on the motivation of European public health experts, December 2014
by U Rexroth, M Diercke, E Peron, C Winter, M an der Heiden, A Gilsdorf

Australian Hajj pilgrims’ knowledge, attitude and perception about Ebola, November 2014 to February 2015
by AS Alqahtani, KE Wiley, HW Willaby, NF BinDhim, M Tashani, AE Heywood, R Booy, H Rashid

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Research articles
Evaluation of a point-of-care blood test for identification of Ebola virus disease at Ebola holding units, Western Area, Sierra Leone, January to February 2015
by NF Walker, CS Brown, D Youkee, P Baker, N Williams, A Kalawa, K Russell, AF Samba, N Bentley, F Koroma, MB King, BE Parker, M Thompson, T Boyles, B Healey, B Kargbo, D Bash-Taqi, AJ Simpson, A Kamara, TB Kamara, M Lado, O Johnson, T Brooks

Wild bird surveillance around outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in the Netherlands, 2014, within the context of global flyways
by JH Verhagen, HP van der Jeugd, BA Nolet, R Slaterus, SP Kharitonov, PP de Vries, O Vuong, F Majoor, T Kuiken, RA Fouchier

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Perspectives
Laboratory support during and after the Ebola virus endgame: towards a sustained laboratory infrastructure
by I Goodfellow, C Reusken, M Koopmans

Surveillance and Outbreak Response Management System (SORMAS) to support the control of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa
by C Fähnrich, K Denecke, OO Adeoye, J Benzler, H Claus, G Kirchner, S Mall, R Richter, MP Schapranow, N Schwarz, D Tom-Aba, M Uflacker, G Poggensee, G Krause