Outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever among miners in Kamwenge and Ibanda Districts, Uganda, 2007
Authors
Adjemian, JenniferFarnon, Eileen C
Tschioko, Florimond
Wamala, Joseph F
Byaruhanga, Emmanuel
Bwire, Godfrey S
Kansiime, Edgar
Kagirita, Atek
Ahimbisibwe, Sam
Katunguka, F
Jeffs, Ben
Lutwama, Julius J
Downing, Robert
Tappero, Jordan W
Formenty, Pierre
Amman, Brian
Manning, Craig
Towner, Jonathan
Nichol, Stuart T
Rollin, Pierre E
Affiliation
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; World Health Organization–Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo; Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda; Ibanda Hospital, Ibanda, Uganda; Médecins sans Frontières, Barcelona, Spain; Uganda Virus Research Institute; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Entebbe, Uganda; World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandIssue Date
2011-11
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Marburg hemorrhagic fever was detected among 4 miners in Ibanda District, Uganda, from June through September, 2007. Infection was likely acquired through exposure to bats or bat secretions in a mine in Kamwenge District, Uganda, and possibly human-to-human transmission between some patients. We describe the epidemiologic investigation and the health education response.Publisher
Oxford University PressPubMed ID
21987753Additional Links
http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/204/suppl_3/S796Type
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enISSN
1537-6613ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/infdis/jir312
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