Repeated outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers in Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 579-583

  Mbonye, A ^a   Wamala, J ^a   Kaboyo, W ^a   Tugumizemo, V ^a   Aceng, J ^a   Makumbi, I ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Ebola; Epidemics; Marburg; Uganda; Viral hemorrhagic fevers

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

EBOLA; EPIDEMICS; MARBURG; UGANDA; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CONTACT TRACING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA;

EID: 84873264330     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v12i4.31     Document Type: Article

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