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March 14, 2025
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First secondary case of Ebola outside Africa: Epidemiological characteristics and contact monitoring, Spain, September to November 2014

Publicated to:Eurosurveillance. 20 (1): - 2015-01-08 20(1), DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.1.21003

Authors: Lópaz MA; Amela C; Ordobas M; Domínguez-Berjón MF; Álvarez C; Martínez M; Sierra MJ; Simon F; Jansá JM; Plachouras D; Astray J; Aguirre R; Aragón A; Arce A; Camarero M; Córdoba E; Cuevas I; Domínguez MJ; García J; García-Comas L; Garcia N; Gascón MJ; Hernando M; Ibáñez C; Insua E; Jiménez S; Lasheras MD; Méndez I; Moratilla L; Navea A; Noguerales R; Nováková V; Ortiz H; Rodero I; Rodríguez E; San Miguel L; Taveira JA; Sanchez A; Santos S; Suarez B; Torijano MJ; Valcárcel MA; Velasco M; Zorrilla B

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Centre for the Coordination of Alerts and Health Emergencies – Ministry of Health - Author
Comunidad de Madrid - Author
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Author

Abstract

On 6 October 2014, a case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) acquired outside Africa was detected in Madrid in a healthcare worker who had attended to a repatriated Spanish missionary and used proper personal protective equipment. The patient presented with fever <38.6 °C without other EVD-compatible symptoms in the days before diagnosis. No case of EVD was identified in the 232 contacts investigated. The experience has led to the modification of national protocols.

Keywords

Good health and well-being

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Eurosurveillance due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2015, it was in position 7/83, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Infectious Diseases.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.38, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 10.23 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-04, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 52
  • Open Alex: 53

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-04:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 81.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 81 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, with a probability of 50% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Sweden.