Serosurvey on Household Contacts of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Patients

Serosurvey on Household Contacts of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Patients

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. We performed a serosurvey of household contacts of MHF patients to identify undetected cases, ascertain t...

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Main Authors: Matthias Borchert, Sabue Mulangu, Robert Swanepoel, Modeste Lifenya Libande, Antoine Tshomba, Amayo Kulidri, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Patrick Van der Stuyft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
filovirus epidemiology
secondary attack risk
Democratic Republic of Congo
research
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-0622_article

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