Study findings from B. Jeffs et al provide new insights into hemorrhagic fever epidemiology

Scientists discuss in 'The Medecins Sans Frontieres intervention in the Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemic, Uige, Angola, 2005. I. Lessons learned in the hospital' new findings in hemorrhagic fever. According to recent research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, "When the epidemic of Marburg hemorrhagic fever occurred in Uige, Angola, during 2005, the international response included systems of case detection and isolation, community education, the burial of the dead, and disinfection. However, despite large investments of staff and money by the organizations involved, only a fraction of the reported number of cases were isolated, and many cases were detected only after...

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