Short communication: A cluster of Marburg virus disease involving an infant

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 902-906

  Borchert, Matthias ^a   Muyembe Tamfum, Jean Jacques ^a   Colebunders, Robert ^a   Libande, Modeste ^a   Sabue, Mulangu ^a   Van der Stuyft, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Democratic Republic of Congo; Filoviridae; Marburg haemorrhagic fever; Outbreak control

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

FILOVIRIDAE; LAKE VICTORIA MARBURGVIRUS;

EID: 0036402238     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00945.x     Document Type: Article

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