Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Masindi District, Uganda: outbreak description and lessons learned Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
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 course of the EHF outbreak in Masindi, Uganda, in the year 2000, and report on response activities. METHODS: We analysed surveillance records, hospital statistics, and our own observations during response activities. We used Fisher's exact tests for differences in ...