Proportion of Deaths and Clinical Features in Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Infection, Uganda
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Date
2010-12
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Emerging infectious disease
Abstract
The first known Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak caused by Bundibugyo Ebola virus occurred in Bundibugyo District, Uganda, in 2007. Fifty-six cases of EHF were laboratory confirmed. Although signs and symptoms were largely nonspecific and similar to those of EHF outbreaks caused by Zaire and Sudan Ebola viruses, proportion of deaths among those infected was lower (≈40%).
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The article is about Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak caused by Ebola virus occurred in Bundibugyo District, Uganda, in 2007.
Keywords
Emerging infectious disease, Ebola disease
Citation
MacNeil, Adam. Proportion of Deaths and Clinical Features in Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Infection, Uganda; Emerging infectious disease, Vol. 16, No. 12, December 2010. ISSN: 1080-6040, ESSN: 1080-6059. DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100627.