EBOLA: Haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Uganda: The Mwanza region experience
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Control of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever (EHF) Outbreak in Uganda,
The Ebola virus, belonging to the family of Filoviruses was first recognized in 1976 when it caused concurrent outbreaks in Yambuku in the Demcratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and in the town of Nzara in Sudan. Both countries share borders with Uganda. A total of 425 cases and 224 deaths attributed to Ebola haemorrhagic Fever (EHF) were recorded in Uganda in 2000/01. Although there was a delayed ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tanzania Journal of Health Research
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0856-6496
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v3i2.14210