Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Durba and Watsa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Clinical documentation, features of illness, and treatment

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Colebunders, Robert ^a,b,c   Tshomba, Antoine ^d,l   Van Kerkhove, Maria D ^h   Bausch, Daniel G ^i,j   Campbell, Pat ^k   Libande, Modeste ^e   Pirard, Patricia ^c   Tshioko, Florimond ^f   Mardel, Simon ^f   Mulangu, Sabue ^g   Sleurs, Hilde ^c   Rollin, Pierre E ⁱ   Muyembe Tamfum, Jean Jacques ^g   Jeffs, Benjamin ^h   Borchert, Matthias ^a,c,h  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^d Okimo Hospital   (Congo)

^e Ministry of Health   (Congo)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^j TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ANURIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFUSION; CONGO; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARBURG VIRUS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SYMPTOM; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VOMITING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE COURSE; DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 38449119881     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520543     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. Bausch DG, Nichol ST, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, et al. Marburg hemorrhagic fever associated with multiple genetic lineages of virus. N Engl J Med 2006; 355:909-19.
2. Colebunders R, Sleurs H, Pirard P, et al. Organisation of health care during an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999. J Infect 2004; 48:347-53.
3. Martini GA. Marburg virus disease. Clinical syndrome. In: Martini GA, Siegert R, eds. Marburg virus disease. 1 ed. Berlin: Springer, 1971:1-9.
4. Slenczka WG. The Marburg virus outbreak of 1967 and subsequent episodes. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1999; 235:49-75.
5. Conrad JL, Isaacson M, Smith EB, et al. Epidemiologic investigation of Marburg virus disease, Southern Africa, 1975. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1978; 27:1210-5.
6. Smith DH, Johnson BK, Isaacson M, et al. Marburg virus disease in Kenya. Lancet 1982; 1:816-20.
7. Johnson ED, Johnson BK, Silverstein D, et al. Characterization of a new Marburg virus isolated from a 1987 fatal case in Kenya. Arch Virol Suppl 1996; 11:101-14.
8. Nikiforov VV, Turovski YI, Kalinin PP, et al. A case of laboratory infection with Marburg hemorrhagic fever [in Russian]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 1994; 3:104-6.
9. Bwaka MA, Bonnet MJ, Calain P, et al. Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: clinical observations in 103 patients. J Infect Dis 1999; 179(Suppl 1):S1-7.
10. Borchert M, Mulangu S, Lefèvre P, et al. Use of protective gear and the occurrence of occupational Marburg hemorrhagic fever in health workers from Watsa Health Zone, Democratic Republic of the Congo. J Infect Dis 2007; 196(Suppl 2):S168-75 (in this supplement).