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We analyzed 154 quarantined households, comprising both reported EVD cases and their close contacts. We used epidemiological surveys and blood samples to define severity of illness as no infection, pauci-\/asymptomatic infection, unrecognized EVD, reported EVD cases who survived, or reported EVD decedents. We determine seropositivity with the Filovirus Animal Nonclinical Group EBOV glycoprotein immunoglobulin G antibody test. We defined levels of exposure risk from 8 questions and considered contact with body fluid as maximum exposure risk.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Our analysis included 76 reported EVD cases (both decedents and survivors) and 421 close contacts. Among these contacts, 40 were seropositive (22 paucisymptomatic and 18 unrecognized EVD), accounting for 34% of the total 116 EBOV infections. Higher exposure risks were associated with having had EBOV infection (maximum risk: adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 12.1 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 5.8\u201325.4; trend test: P\u2005&amp;lt;\u2005.001) and more severe illness (maximum risk: AOR, 25.2 [95% CI, 6.2\u2013102.4]; trend test: P\u2005&amp;lt;\u2005.001).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This community-based study of EVD cases and contacts provides epidemiological evidence of a dose-dependent relationship between exposure risk and severity of illness, which may partially explain why pauci-\/asymptomatic EBOV infection, less severe disease, and unrecognized EVD occurs.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ofid\/ofac052","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,7]],"date-time":"2022-03-07T16:58:27Z","timestamp":1646672307000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Association of Lower Exposure Risk With Paucisymptomatic\/Asymptomatic Infection, Less Severe Disease, and Unrecognized Ebola Virus Disease: A Seroepidemiological Study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7616-0321","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"J Daniel","family":"Kelly","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA"},{"name":"Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA"},{"name":"F. 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