title: The outbreak and control of Ebola viral haemorrhagic fever in a Ugandan medical school.
abstract: Uganda has just experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) ever recorded. Mbarara University Teaching Hospital (MUTH) is responsible for training approximately one-third of Uganda's doctors. Mbarara is located in SouthWest Uganda, 614 km from Gulu, the main epicentre of the outbreak. On 23 October a patient was admitted to the medical ward of MUTH with an acute fever. He soon exhibited haemorrhagic symptoms and died. He was later confirmed to have suffered Ebola. Three more patients subsequently contracted the disease. All died. There were no further cases in Mbarara. No members of staff or medical student was infected. We give details of the clinical features of those patients who contracted the disease, the setting up of an Ebola isolation unit, the case surveillance and the search for the source of the outbreak. The implications for similar institutions in East Africa are discussed.
authors: Mbarara University Teaching Hospital, Uganda.
authors: Medard
authors: M
authors: Bitekyerezo
authors: Catherine
authors: C
authors: Kyobutungi
authors: Ruth
authors: R
authors: Kizza
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Mugeni
authors: Emmanuel
authors: E
authors: Munyarugero
authors: Francis
authors: F
authors: Tirwomwe
authors: Eunice
authors: E
authors: Twongyeirwe
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Muhindo
authors: Victoria
authors: V
authors: Nakibuuka
authors: Maimuna
authors: M
authors: Nakate
authors: Laurence
authors: L
authors: John
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Ruiz
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Frame
authors: Gerardo
authors: G
authors: Priotto
authors: Larry
authors: L
authors: Pepper
authors: Jerome
authors: J
authors: Kabakyenga
authors: Sheila
authors: S
authors: Baingana
authors: Dennis
authors: D
authors: Ledo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006757:Hospital Units; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010356:Patient Isolation; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology