| Title |
Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Masindi District, Uganda: outbreak description and lessons learned
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-11-357 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matthias Borchert, Imaam Mutyaba, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Julius Lutwama, Henry Luwaga, Geoffrey Bisoborwa, John Turyagaruka, Patricia Pirard, Nestor Ndayimirije, Paul Roddy, Patrick Van Der Stuyft |
| Abstract |
Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) is infamous for its high case-fatality proportion (CFP) and the ease with which it spreads among contacts of the diseased. We describe the course of the EHF outbreak in Masindi, Uganda, in the year 2000, and report on response activities. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| Unknown | 7 | 78% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 78% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 221 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 48 | 20% |
| Researcher | 39 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 43 | 18% |
| Unknown | 37 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 72 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 38 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 39 | 16% |
| Unknown | 51 | 21% |
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