The use of a mobile laboratory unit in support of patient management and epidemiological surveillance during the 2005 Marburg Outbreak in Angola.

• Main Authors: Allen Grolla (Author), Steven M Jones (Author), Lisa Fernando (Author), James E Strong (Author), Ute Ströher (Author), Peggy Möller (Author), Janusz T Paweska (Author), Felicity Burt (Author), Pedro Pablo Palma (Author), Armand Sprecher (Author), Pierre Formenty (Author), Cathy Roth (Author), Heinz Feldmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Marburg virus (MARV), a zoonotic pathogen causing severe hemorrhagic fever in man, has emerged in Angola resulting in the largest outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) with the highest case fatality rate to date. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A mobile laboratory unit (MLU) was de...