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Clinical Manifestations and Case Management of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever caused by a newly identified virus strain, Bundibugyo, Uganda, 2007-2008 [PDF]

, 2012
A confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak in Bundibugyo, Uganda, November 2007-February 2008, was caused by a putative new species (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). It included 93 putative cases, 56 laboratory-confirmed cases, and 37 deaths (CFR = 25%).
A Grolla, A MacNeil, A Tuffs, AJ Georges, AM Casillas, B Jeffs, B Le Guenno, Benjamin Jeffs, BS Hewlett, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DH Smith, DL Heymann, E Mupere, ED Johnson, EM Leroy, EM Leroy, Esther Sterk, GA Martini, GA Martini, JL Conrad, Joseph Wamala, JS Gear, JS Towner, Julius Lutwama, K Kibadi, K Mupapa, K Mupapa, KJ Davis, M Borchert, M Bray, M Bray, MA Bwaka, Malcolm Gracie Semple, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Matthias Borchert, ME Miranda, Michel Van Herp, MJ Bonnet, Natasha Howard, NK Jaax, P Formenty, P Formenty, P Francesconi, P Roddy, P Roddy, Paul Roddy, PE Rollin, Pedro Pablo Palma, PH Sureau, R Colebunders, R Ndambi, R Siegert, RC Baron, Robert Colebunders, RT Emond, S Becker, SF Dowell, SP Fisher-Hoch, SR Zaki, TH Roels, U Stroher, Y Kalongi, Zabulon Yoti   +66 more
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Organisation of Health Care During an Outbreak of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999. [PDF]

, 2004
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.
Borchert, M, Colebunders, R, Kinuani, L, Libande, M, Mustin, J P, Muyembe-Tamfum, J J, Olinda, L A, Pirard, P, Sleurs, H, Tshioko, F, Tshomba, A   +10 more
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Marburgvirus in Egyptian Fruit Bats, Zambia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
We detected Marburg virus genome in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) captured in Zambia in September 2018. The virus was closely related phylogenetically to the viruses that previously caused Marburg outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the
Masahiro Kajihara, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, Katendi Changula, Hayato Harima, Mao Isono, Kosuke Okuya, Reiko Yoshida, Akina Mori-Kajihara, Yoshiki Eto, Yasuko Orba, Hirohito Ogawa, Yongjin Qiu, Hirofumi Sawa, Edgar Simulundu, Daniel Mwizabi, Musso Munyeme, David Squarre, Victor Mukonka, Aaron Mweene, Ayato Takada   +19 more
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Factors Associated with Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever: [PDF]

, 2010
Background. Reliable on-site polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) is not always available. Therefore, clinicians triage patients on the basis of presenting symptoms and contact history.
Bengi Moco Henrique, Benjamin Jeffs, Fernando Paixao Damiao Machado, Heinz Feldmann, James E. Strong, Luis Villa, Matthias Borchert, Oscar Bernal, Pascoal Nascimento Folo, Pedro Pablo Palma, Roddy, Paul, Sara L Thomas, Steven M. Jones   +12 more
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Knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus diseases in Uganda using quantitative and participatory epidemiology techniques.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundUganda has reported five (5) Ebola virus disease outbreaks and three (3) Marburg virus disease outbreaks from 2000 to 2016. Peoples' knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus disease impact on control and prevention measures ...
Luke Nyakarahuka, Eystein Skjerve, Daisy Nabadda, Doreen Chilolo Sitali, Chisoni Mumba, Frank N Mwiine, Julius J Lutwama, Stephen Balinandi, Trevor Shoemaker, Clovice Kankya   +9 more
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Viewpoint: filovirus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: much ado about nothing? [PDF]

, 2000
The recent outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has put the filovirus threat back on the international health agenda.
Boelaert, M, Borchert, M, Colebunders, R, Muyembe-Tamfum, J J, Pirard, P, Sleurs, H, van der Groen, G, Van der Stuyft, P   +7 more
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Seasonal pulses of Marburg virus circulation in juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus bats coincide with periods of increased risk of human infection. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2012
Marburg virus (family Filoviridae) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Bats have been implicated as likely natural reservoir hosts based most recently on an investigation of cases among miners infected in 2007 ...
Brian R Amman, Serena A Carroll, Zachary D Reed, Tara K Sealy, Stephen Balinandi, Robert Swanepoel, Alan Kemp, Bobbie Rae Erickson, James A Comer, Shelley Campbell, Deborah L Cannon, Marina L Khristova, Patrick Atimnedi, Christopher D Paddock, Rebekah J Kent Crockett, Timothy D Flietstra, Kelly L Warfield, Robert Unfer, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Robert Downing, Jordan W Tappero, Sherif R Zaki, Pierre E Rollin, Thomas G Ksiazek, Stuart T Nichol, Jonathan S Towner   +25 more
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Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Durba and Watsa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: clinical documentation, features of illness, and treatment [PDF]

, 2007
The objective of the present study was to describe day of onset and duration of symptoms of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), to summarize the treatments applied, and to assess the quality of clinical documentation. Surveillance and clinical records of 77
Antoine Tshomba, Benjamin Jeffs, Borchert M, Conrad JL, Daniel G. Bausch, Florimond Tshioko, Hilde Sleurs, Jean‐Jacques Muyembe‐Tamfum, Johnson ED, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Martini GA, Matthias Borchert, Modeste Libande, Nikiforov VV, Pat Campbell, Patricia Pirard, Pierre E. Rollin, Robert Colebunders, Sabue Mulangu, Simon Mardel, Slenczka WG   +20 more
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A review of epidemiological parameters from Ebola outbreaks to inform early public health decision-making. [PDF]

, 2015
The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has, as of 29 April 2015, resulted in more than 10,884 deaths among 26,277 cases. Prior to the ongoing outbreak, Ebola virus disease (EVD) caused relatively small outbreaks (maximum outbreak ...
Bento, AI, Donnelly, CA, Ferguson, NM, Mills, HL, Van Kerkhove, MD   +4 more
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Marburg virus disease: A deadly rare virus is coming

BioScience Trends, 2022
Two cases of the deadly Marburgvirus were reported in Ghana, which might be a new global virus alert following COVID-19 and novel monkeypox. Thus far, there is no vaccine or treatment for Marburg virus disease, which is a disease with a mortality rate as high as that of Ebola.
Fang, Zhao, Yun, He, Hongzhou, Lu
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