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Factors Associated with Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever: Analysis of Patient Data from Uige, Angola

2010; Oxford University Press; Volume: 201; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/652748

1537-6613

Paul Roddy, Sara L. Thomas, Benjamin Jeffs, Pascoal Nascimento Folo, Pedro Pablo Palma, Bengi Moco Henrique, Luís Villa, Fernando Paixao Damiao Machado, Óscar Bernal, Steven J.M. Jones, James E. Strong, Heinz Feldmann, Matthias Borchert,

Disaster Response and Management

Reliable on-site polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) is not always available. Therefore, clinicians triage patients on the basis of presenting symptoms and contact history. Using patient data collected in Uige, Angola, in 2005, we assessed the sensitivity and specificity of these factors to evaluate the validity of World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended case definitions for MHF.