Risk Factors for Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Risk Factors for Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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. Questionnaires were administered and serum samples tested for Marburg-specific antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent...

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Main Authors: Daniel G. Bausch, Matthias Borchert, Thomas Grein, Cathy Roth, Robert Swanepoel, Modeste L. Libande, Antoine Talarmin, Eric Bertherat, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Ben Tugume, Robert Colebunders, Kader M. Kondé, Patricia Pirard, Loku L. Olinda, Guénaël R. Rodier, Patricia Campbell, Oyewale Tomori, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Pierre E. Rollin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Marburg virus disease
Filoviridae infections
Democratic Republic of the Congo
cross-sectional studies
disease transmission
risk factors
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/12/03-0355_article

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