Filovirus Outbreak Detection and Surveillance: Lessons From Bundibugyo
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Filovirus outbreak detection and surveillance: lessons from Bundibugyo.
The first outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) due to Bundibugyo ebolavirus occurred in Uganda from August to December 2007. During outbreak response and assessment, we identified 131 EHF cases (44 suspect, 31 probable, and 56 confirmed). Consistent with previous large filovirus outbreaks, a long temporal lag (approximately 3 months) occurred between initial EHF cases and the subsequent id...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir294