TY - JOUR
T1 - The reemergence of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995
AU - Khan, Ali S.
AU - Tshioko, F. Kweteminga
AU - Heymann, David L.
AU - Le Guenno, Bernard
AU - Nabeth, Pierre
AU - Kerstiëns, Barbara
AU - Fleerackers, Yon
AU - Kilmarx, Peter H.
AU - Rodier, Guenael R.
AU - Nkuku, Okumi
AU - Rollin, Pierre E.
AU - Sanchez, Anthony
AU - Zaki, Sherif R.
AU - Swanepoel, Robert
AU - Tomori, Oyewale
AU - Nichol, Stuart T.
AU - Peters, C. J.
AU - Muyembe-Tamfum, J. J.
AU - Ksiazek, Thomas G.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - In May 1995, an international team characterized and contained an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Active surveillance was instituted using several methods, including house-to-house search, review of hospital and dispensary logs, interview of health care personnel, retrospective contact tracing, and direct follow-up of suspect cases. In the field, a clinical case was defined as fever and hemorrhagic signs, fever plus contact with a case-patient, or fever plus at least 3 of 10 symptoms. A total of 315 cases of EHF, with an 81% case fatality, were identified, excluding 10 clinical cases with negative laboratory results. The earliest documented case-patient had onset on 6 January, and the last case-patient died on 16 July. Eighty cases (25%) occurred among health care workers. Two individuals may have been the source of infection for >50 cases. The outbreak was terminated by the initiation of barrier-nursing techniques, health education efforts, and rapid identification of cases.
AB - In May 1995, an international team characterized and contained an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Active surveillance was instituted using several methods, including house-to-house search, review of hospital and dispensary logs, interview of health care personnel, retrospective contact tracing, and direct follow-up of suspect cases. In the field, a clinical case was defined as fever and hemorrhagic signs, fever plus contact with a case-patient, or fever plus at least 3 of 10 symptoms. A total of 315 cases of EHF, with an 81% case fatality, were identified, excluding 10 clinical cases with negative laboratory results. The earliest documented case-patient had onset on 6 January, and the last case-patient died on 16 July. Eighty cases (25%) occurred among health care workers. Two individuals may have been the source of infection for >50 cases. The outbreak was terminated by the initiation of barrier-nursing techniques, health education efforts, and rapid identification of cases.
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U2 - 10.1086/514306
DO - 10.1086/514306
M3 - Article
C2 - 9988168
AN - SCOPUS:0033035134
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 179
SP - S76-S86
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -