Proportion of Deaths and Clinical Features in Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Infection, Uganda

The first known Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak caused by Bundibugyo Ebola virus occurred in Bundibugyo District, Uganda, in 2007. Fifty-six cases of EHF were laboratory confirmed. Although signs and symptoms were largely nonspecific and similar to those of EHF outbreaks caused by Zaire and S...

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Autores principales: MacNeil, Adam, Farnon, Eileen C., Wamala, Joseph, Okware, Sam, Cannon, Deborah L., Reed, Zachary, Towner, Jonathan S., Tappero, Jordan W., Lutwama, Julius, Downing, Robert, Nichol, Stuart T., Ksiazek, Thomas G., Rollin, Pierre E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21122234
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100627
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Sumario:The first known Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak caused by Bundibugyo Ebola virus occurred in Bundibugyo District, Uganda, in 2007. Fifty-six cases of EHF were laboratory confirmed. Although signs and symptoms were largely nonspecific and similar to those of EHF outbreaks caused by Zaire and Sudan Ebola viruses, proportion of deaths among those infected was lower (≈40%).

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