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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Clinical Manifestations and Case Management of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever Caused by a Newly Identified Virus Strain, Bundibugyo, Uganda, 2007-2008
PLoS ONE, Volume 7, No. 12, Article e52986, Year 2012
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Description
A confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak in Bundibugyo, Uganda, November 2007-February 2008, was caused by a putative new species (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). It included 93 putative cases, 56 laboratory-confirmed cases, and 37 deaths (CFR = 25%). Study objectives are to describe clinical manifestations and case management for 26 hospitalised laboratory-confirmed EHF patients. Clinical findings are congruous with previously reported EHF infections. The most frequently experienced symptoms were non-bloody diarrhoea (81%), severe headache (81%), and asthenia (77%). Seven patients reported or were observed with haemorrhagic symptoms, six of whom died. Ebola care remains difficult due to the resource-poor setting of outbreaks and the infection-control procedures required. However, quality data collection is essential to evaluate case definitions and therapeutic interventions, and needs improvement in future epidemics. Organizations usually involved in EHF case management have a particular responsibility in this respect. © 2012 Roddy et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Roddy, Paul
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Howard, Natasha
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van Kerkhove, Maria D.
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Lutwama, Julius Julian
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Wamala, Joseph Francis
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Yoti, Zabulon
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Colebunders, Robert Leon
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Palma, Pedro Pablo
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Sterk, Esther
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Jeffs, Benjamin
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van Herp, Michel
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Borchert, Matthias
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Statistics
Citations: 90
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0052986
e-ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Grounded Theory
Study Locations
Uganda