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

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作者
MacNeil, Adam [1 ]
Farnon, Eileen C. [1 ]
Wamala, Joseph [2 ]
Okware, Sam [2 ]
Cannon, Deborah L. [1 ]
Reed, Zachary [1 ]
Towner, Jonathan S. [1 ]
Tappero, Jordan W. [3 ]
Lutwama, Julius [4 ]
Downing, Robert [3 ]
Nichol, Stuart T. [1 ]
Ksiazek, Thomas G. [1 ,5 ]
Rollin, Pierre E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
[2] Minist Hlth Republ Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
[3] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Global AIDS Program, Entebbe, Uganda
[4] Uganda Virus Res Inst, Entebbe, Uganda
[5] Univ Texas Med Branch, Galveston, TX USA
关键词
HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER; RISK-FACTORS; CONGO; KIKWIT; TRANSMISSION;
D O I
10.3201/eid1612.100627
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
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 (approximate to 40%)
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