TY - JOUR
T1 - Haemoragisk marburgfeber i Angola i 2005
AU - Harboe, Zitta Barrella
AU - Qureshi, Katja Majlund
AU - Skinhøj, Peter
AU - Heegaard, Erik Deichmann
PY - 2005/10/24
Y1 - 2005/10/24
N2 - The current outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever (MHF) in Angola is the largest recorded to date. The article provides an overview of MHF, including historical and clinical aspects, and summarises the status of the present outbreak. Until now, the main components of the public health response in Angola have been effective diagnosis and isolation of patients and contacts, and implementation of hygiene procedures by health workers at local health facilities. Involvement of the local community still constitutes the main challenge for successful control of MHF in Angola.
AB - The current outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever (MHF) in Angola is the largest recorded to date. The article provides an overview of MHF, including historical and clinical aspects, and summarises the status of the present outbreak. Until now, the main components of the public health response in Angola have been effective diagnosis and isolation of patients and contacts, and implementation of hygiene procedures by health workers at local health facilities. Involvement of the local community still constitutes the main challenge for successful control of MHF in Angola.
KW - Angola/epidemiology
KW - Bioterrorism
KW - Communicable Disease Control
KW - Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control
KW - Humans
KW - Marburg Virus Disease/epidemiology
KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic
KW - Travel
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
C2 - 16251096
SN - 0041-5782
VL - 167
SP - 4087
EP - 4090
JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger
JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger
IS - 43
ER -