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Low-dose yellow fever vaccine in adults in Africa

Kimathi D, Juan-Giner A, Bob NS, Orindi B, Namulwana ML,  et al.
2025-02-20 • New England Journal of Medicine
2025-02-20 • New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND

Yellow fever vaccine is highly effective with a single dose, but vaccine supply is limited. The minimum dose requirements for seroconversion remain u...

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Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Masindi district, Uganda: outbreak description and lessons learned

Borchert M, Mutyaba I, Van Kerkhove MD, Lutwama J, Luwaga H,  et al.
2011-12-28 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2011-12-28 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
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 c...
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Clinical Manifestations and Case Management of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever caused by a newly identified virus strain, Bundibugyo, Uganda, 2007-2008

Roddy P, Howard N, Van Kerkhove MD, Lutwama J, Wamala JF,  et al.
2012-12-28 • PLOS One
2012-12-28 • PLOS One
A confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak in Bundibugyo, Uganda, November 2007-February 2008, was caused by a putative new species (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). It included 93 putat...
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Outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever among miners in Kamwenge and Ibanda Districts, Uganda, 2007

Adjemian J, Farnon EC, Tschioko F, Wamala JF, Byaruhanga E,  et al.
2011-11-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2011-11-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
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 secreti...
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Infection control during filoviral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks: preferences of community members and health workers in Masindi, Uganda

Raabe VN, Mutyaba I, Roddy P, Lutwama J, Geissler W,  et al.
2010-01-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2010-01-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Interviews were conducted with health workers and community members in Masindi, Uganda on improving the acceptability of infection control measures used during an Ebola outbreak. Measure...