Impact of enhanced viral haemorrhagic fever surveillance on outbreak detection and response in Uganda

doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30164-6

. 2018 Apr;18(4):373-375.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30164-6. Epub 2018 Mar 21.

Impact of enhanced viral haemorrhagic fever surveillance on outbreak detection and response in Uganda

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¹ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Entebbe, Uganda. Electronic address: tis8@cdc.gov.
² US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Entebbe, Uganda.
³ Uganda Virus Research Institute, Department of Emerging and re-emerging Zoonotic and Arboviral Diseases, Entebbe, Uganda.
⁴ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

PMID: 29582758
PMCID: PMC5894352
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30164-6

Impact of enhanced viral haemorrhagic fever surveillance on outbreak detection and response in Uganda

Trevor R Shoemaker et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Apr.

. 2018 Apr;18(4):373-375.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30164-6. Epub 2018 Mar 21.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Entebbe, Uganda. Electronic address: tis8@cdc.gov.
² US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Entebbe, Uganda.
³ Uganda Virus Research Institute, Department of Emerging and re-emerging Zoonotic and Arboviral Diseases, Entebbe, Uganda.
⁴ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

PMID: 29582758
PMCID: PMC5894352
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30164-6

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The findings and conclusions of this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We declare no competing interests.

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Figure. Impact of enhanced viral haemorrhagic fever surveillance in Uganda on outbreak detections and their magnitude and scope relative to the reduction in time from notification to laboratory confirmation
VHF=viral haemorrhagic fever. CCHF=Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever. RVF=Rift Valley fever.

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[1] Zwizwai R. Infectious disease surveillance update. Lancet Infect Dis. 17:1244. - PubMed

[2] Zwizwai R. Infectious disease surveillance update. Lancet Infect Dis. 17:1244. - PubMed

[3] Shoemaker T, MacNeil A, Balinandi S, et al. Reemerging Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda, 2011. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18:1480–83. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Shoemaker T, MacNeil A, Balinandi S, et al. Reemerging Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda, 2011. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18:1480–83. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Knust B, Schafer IJ, Wamala J, et al. Multidistrict outbreak of Marburg virus disease-Uganda, 2012. J Infect Dis. 2015;212(suppl 2):S119–28. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Knust B, Schafer IJ, Wamala J, et al. Multidistrict outbreak of Marburg virus disease-Uganda, 2012. J Infect Dis. 2015;212(suppl 2):S119–28. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Nyakarahuka L, Ojwang J, Tumusiime A, et al. Isolated case of Marburg virus disease, Kampala, Uganda, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017;23:1001–04. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Nyakarahuka L, Ojwang J, Tumusiime A, et al. Isolated case of Marburg virus disease, Kampala, Uganda, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017;23:1001–04. - PMC - PubMed

[9] de St Maurice A, Nyakarahuka L, Purpura L, et al. Notes from the field: Rift valley fever response—Kabale District, Uganda, March 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016;65:1200–01. - PubMed

[10] de St Maurice A, Nyakarahuka L, Purpura L, et al. Notes from the field: Rift valley fever response—Kabale District, Uganda, March 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016;65:1200–01. - PubMed

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