Ebola's hidden toll on Kids' brains revealed years later

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

* INCLUSION CRITERIA: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study. 2. Male or female, previously enrolled in PREVAIL III Natural History of Ebola study as either an EVD survivor, or a close contact.\* 3. Aged \< 18 Years Old at the time of enrollment in PREVAIL III Natural History of Ebola study. 4. Ability of subject or Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. * Close contacts are those who had a relationship with someone who survived EVD but were never diagnosed with EVD themselves. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1. At the time of enrollment, lacks consent capacity due to cognitive impairment that would make them incapable of understanding the explanation of the procedures in this study. Cognitive capacity to consent will be determined at the time of enrollment. Participants with mental disorders or those participants who are cognitively impaired yet still retain consent capacity will not be excluded. 2. Is unable to comply with the procedures of the protocol. 3. Has any condition in the judgement of the study staff that would make the volunteer unable to participate in the study. 4. Is non-English speaking. Justification for the Exclusion of Non-English Speakers We plan to include speakers of simple Liberian English in this study. The tools we use for cognitive testing are not validated in any other language, other than English. It is expected that most, if not all, of the cohort we will be recruiting from will be simple Liberian English speakers.