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Most survivors reported lower levels of reintegration with friends and at work place (72%) and lower acceptance by others in general (71%) in the period after the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EVD<\/jats:styled-content> as compared to the period before the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EVD<\/jats:styled-content>. Only 55 survivors (45.5%) were involved in one or more activities of the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EVD<\/jats:styled-content> response: participation in clinical studies on the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EVD<\/jats:styled-content> (44 survivors, 36.4%), community sensitisation (28 survivors, 23.1%) or work in Ebola treatment and\/or transit centres (23 survivors, 21.7%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is a need for a long\u2010term follow\u2010up of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EVD<\/jats:styled-content> survivors in Guinea and more efforts to support their social, professional and economic reintegration, especially in rural areas.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/tmi.12825","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,9]],"date-time":"2016-12-09T19:55:32Z","timestamp":1481313332000},"page":"254-260","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Profile and reintegration experience of Ebola survivors in Guinea: a cross\u2010sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Alexandre","family":"Delamou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine Gamal University of Conakry Conakry Guinea"},{"name":"Centre National de Formation et de Recherche en Sant\u00e9 Rurale de Maferinyah Forecariah Guinea"},{"name":"Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bienvenu Salim","family":"Camara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National de Formation et de Recherche en Sant\u00e9 Rurale de Maferinyah Forecariah Guinea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean Pe","family":"Kolie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R\u00e9seau National des Associations de Survivants d'Ebola de Guin\u00e9e Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Achille Diona","family":"Guemou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R\u00e9seau National des Associations de Survivants d'Ebola de Guin\u00e9e Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nyankoye Yves","family":"Haba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine Conakry Guinea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shannon","family":"Marquez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Drexel University Philadelphia PA USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdoul Habib","family":"Beavogui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National de Formation et de Recherche en Sant\u00e9 Rurale de Maferinyah Forecariah Guinea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Therese","family":"Delvaux","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Johan","family":"van Griensven","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","unstructured":"Organisation Mondiale de la Sant\u00e9 (OMS).Tout a commenc\u00e9 en Guin\u00e9e: l\u2019\u00e9pid\u00e9mie a continu\u00e9 \u00e0 couver \u2013 sans \u00eatre d\u00e9tect\u00e9e \u2013 pendant plus de trois mois 2014. 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