About the Authors

A. E. Thorson

Contributed equally to this work with: A. E. Thorson, G. F. Deen, K. T. Bernstein, W. J. Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

thorsona@who.int

Affiliations UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

G. F. Deen

Contributed equally to this work with: A. E. Thorson, G. F. Deen, K. T. Bernstein, W. J. Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone

K. T. Bernstein

Contributed equally to this work with: A. E. Thorson, G. F. Deen, K. T. Bernstein, W. J. Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

W. J. Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: A. E. Thorson, G. F. Deen, K. T. Bernstein, W. J. Liu

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

F. Yamba

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone

N. Habib

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

F. R. Sesay

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sierra Leone Ministry of Defense, Freetown, Sierra Leone

P. Gaillard

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

T. A. Massaquoi

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sierra Leone Ministry of Defense, Freetown, Sierra Leone

S. L. R. McDonald

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Y. Zhang

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

K. N. Durski

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Emergency Interventions, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

S. Singaravelu

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Emergency Interventions, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

E. Ervin

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

H. Liu

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

A. Coursier

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Emergency Interventions, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

J. E. Marrinan

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

A. Ariyarajah

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Emergency Interventions, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

M. Carino

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

P. Formenty

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Emergency Interventions, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

U. Ströher

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

M. Lamunu

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Emergency Interventions, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

G. Wu

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

F. Sahr

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Sierra Leone Ministry of Defense, Freetown, Sierra Leone

W. Xu

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

B. Knust

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

N. Broutet

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

on behalf of the Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group

Membership of the Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.