Title: Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012: Signs and Symptoms, Management and Outcomes
Author: Thomas Kratz
Institution: Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin
Graduate date: 2015-08-12 (W3C-DTF)
Document: Kratz_Abstract.pdf
Description:
Data collected during the 2012 Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were analysed for clinical signs, symptoms and case fatality of EVD caused by Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), establishment of differential diagnoses, description of medical treatment and evaluation of the quality of clinical documentation. In a quantitative observational prospective study, global epidemiological data from 52 patients (34 patients within the community, 18 patients treated in the Ebola Treatment Centre) were entered anonymously into a database, subsequently matched and analysed.
Classification: 2015 (LCSH)
Language: English
Date Of Record Creation: 2015-08-31 12:00:00 (W3C-DTF)
Date Of Record Release: 2015-08-31 17:09:53 (W3C-DTF)
Date Last Modified: 2015-08-31 17:17:53 (W3C-DTF)