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Short communication: A cluster of Marburg virus disease involving an infant*
- Source :
- Tropical Medicine and International Health. 7:902-906
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2002.
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Abstract
- A noteworthy cluster of six cases of Marburg haemorrhagic fever (MHF) was identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the cases is the first infant Marburg fever patient ever documented. Three of six cases presented surprisingly mild symptoms. The results of epidemiological and virological investigations are compatible with person-to-person transmission through body fluids and with mother-to-child transmission while nurturing. The findings show that mild cases of MHF have to be expected during an outbreak and point out the difficulty to base patient management decisions on clinical case definitions alone.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Filoviridae
Disease cluster
Disease Outbreaks
Marburg virus
Marburg virus disease
Epidemiology
Cluster Analysis
Humans
Medicine
Marburg Virus Disease
biology
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infant
Outbreak
biology.organism_classification
Infectious Diseases
Marburgvirus
Immunology
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Female
Parasitology
Viral disease
business
Breast feeding
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13653156 and 13602276
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Tropical Medicine and International Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....448c5865caa72bea1f1c41d94dc8d798