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Risk factors for Marburg hemorrhagic fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
We conducted two antibody surveys to assess risk factors for Marburg hemorrhagic fever in an area of confirmed Marburg virus transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Roth, Cathy   +64 more
core   +1 more source

Serosurvey on household contacts of Marburg hemorrhagic fever patients. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The first major outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) outside a laboratory environment occurred in the subdistrict of Watsa, Democratic Republic of Congo, from October 1998 to August 2000.
MULANGU, S   +30 more
core   +1 more source

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infection, 2015
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is an acute hemorrhagic infectious disease caused by Ebola virus (EBOV). Human is infected via contacts to body fluid, secretions, and discharges from patients or infected animals. Its clinical manifestations include fever, bleeding, and multiple organ lesions. It has a high mortality rate, which is up to 50–90 %.
Yanyan Zhang, Hongjun Li, Ailin Cheng
openaire   +2 more sources

Poor housing quality increases risk of rodent infestation and lassa fever in refugee camps of Sierra Leone [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever endemic in parts of West Africa, is a severe febrile illness transmitted to humans by the rodent Mastomys natalensis. To determine risk of Lassa fever in households in Sierra Leonean refugee camps, we analyzed the
Wolf-Peter Schmidt   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Impaired Fibrinolysis in the Pathogenesis of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The mechanisms contributing to bleeding complications in dengue hemorrhagic fever were studied by investigating the pattern of activation of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems in 50 children with severe dengue hemorrhagic fever.
ten Cate, H   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Preventing future pandemics and epidemics through a North-South collaboration on genomic surveillance in Africa

open access: yesJournal of Public Health in Africa, 2022
The economy and health of the world’s population have been recurrently affected by infectious diseases since records began in the early 1900s, including large epidemic events that involved diseases such as the ‘Spanish influenza’, West Nile fever, Ebola ...
Vittorio Colizzi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical documentation and data transfer from Ebola and Marburg virus disease wards in outbreak settings: health care workers' experiences and preferences. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Understanding human filovirus hemorrhagic fever (FHF) clinical manifestations and evaluating treatment strategies require the collection of clinical data in outbreak settings, where clinical documentation has been limited.
Roddy, Paul   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Delayed Disease Progression in Cynomolgus Macaques Infected with Ebola Virus Makona Strain

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
In late 2013, the largest documented outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever started in Guinea and has since spread to neighboring countries, resulting in almost 27,000 cases and >11,000 deaths in humans.
Andrea Marzi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organisation of Health Care During an Outbreak of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Organising health care was one of the tasks of the International Scientific and Technical Committee during the 1998-1999 outbreak in Durba/Watsa, in the north-eastern province (Province Orientale), Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tshioko, F.   +34 more
core   +1 more source

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; a Review Article

open access: yesArchives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) was first reported in 1976 with two concurrent outbreaks of acute viral hemorrhagic fever centered in Yambuku (near the Ebola River), Democratic Republic of Congo, and also in Nzara, Sudan.
Saeed Safari   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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