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

Authors :
Adam MacNeil
Eileen C. Farnon
Joseph F. Wamala
Sam Okware
Deborah L. Cannon
Zachary Reed
Jonathan S. Towner
Jordan W. Tappero
Julius Lutwama
Robert Downing
Stuart T. Nichol
Thomas G. Ksiazek
Pierre E. Rollin
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 12, Pp 1969-1972 (2010)
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010.

Abstract

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%).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
16
Issue :
12
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.02db2f6c89d84f2fb370573eb8c8285e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100627