| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Authors: | J. Adjemian, Farnon, E. C., Tschioko, F., Wamala, J. F., Byaruhanga, E., Bwire, G. S., Kansiime, E., Kagirita, A., Ahimbisibwe, S., Katunguka, F., Jeffs, B., Lutwama, J. J., Downing, R., Tappero, J. W., Formenty, P. B. H., Amman, B. R., Manning, C., Towner, J. S., Nichol, S. T., Rollin, P. E. |
| Journal: | J. Inf. Dis. |
| Volume: | 204 |
| Pagination: | S796-S799 |
| Date Published: | 2011 |
| Keywords: | Central Africa, Chiroptera, day roosts, Filoviridae, infectious diseases, Marburg, mining, Pteropodidae, Rousettus aegyptiacus, Uganda |
| Abstract: | Marburg hemorrhagic fever was detected among 4 miners in Ibanda District, Uganda, from June through September, 2007. Infection was likely acquired through exposure to bats or bat secretions in a mine in Kamwenge District, Uganda, and possibly human-to-human transmission between some patients. We describe the epidemiologic investigation and the health education response. |
| URL: | Adjemian et al. 2011.pdf http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/204/suppl_3/S796.abstract |