Short communication: a cluster of Marburg virus disease involving an infant
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A noteworthy cluster of six cases of Marburg haemorrhagic fever (MHF) was identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the cases is the first infant Marburg fever patient ever documented. Three of six cases presented surprisingly mild symptoms. The results of epidemiological and virological investigations are compatible with person-to-person transmission through body fluids and with mother-to-child transmission while nurturing. The findings show that mild cases of MHF have to be expected during an outbreak and point out the difficulty to base patient management decisions on clinical case definitions alone.
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- Authors
- Borchert, M., Muyembe‐Tamfum, J. J., Colebunders, R., Libande, M., Sabue, M., & Van der Stuyft, P.
- Affiliations
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
- National Institute of Biomedical Research (CD)
- Ministry of Public Health (CD)
- Corresponding author
- Borchert, Matthias
- Venue
- Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-10
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 902-906
- ISSN
- 1360-2276 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-3156
- OpenAlex
- W2138779077
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Tropical Medicine & International Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral Infections and Vectors
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Virology and Viral Diseases
- Keywords
- Marburg virus disease, infant infection, disease clusters, mild symptoms, human-to-human transmission, mother-to-child transmission, breastfeeding, clinical case definition, epidemic control, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Marburg Virus Disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cluster Analysis, Marburgvirus
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