Use of post-exposure prophylaxis after occupational exposure to \u3ci\u3eZaire ebolavirus\u3c/i\u3e

Abstract

From September 2014–April 2015, six persons who had occupational exposures to Zaire ebolavirus in West Africa received investigational agents rVSV-ZEBOV or TKM-100802 for post-exposure prophylaxis and were monitored in the U.S. All patients experienced self-limited symptoms after PEP; none developed Ebola virus disease