| outbreak of ebola viral hemorrhagic fever--zaire, 1995. | on may 6, 1995, cdc was notified by health authorities and the u.s. embassy in zaire of an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever (vhf)-like illness in kikwit, zaire (1995 population: 400,000), a city located 240 miles east of kinshasa. the world health organization and cdc were invited by the government of zaire to participate in an investigation of the outbreak. this report summarizes preliminary findings from this ongoing investigation. | 1995 | 7739512 |
| isolated case of ebola hemorrhagic fever with mucormycosis complications, kinshasa, democratic republic of the congo. | a patient with undiagnosed ebola (ebo) hemorrhagic fever (ehf) was transferred from kikwit to a private clinic in kinshasa, democratic republic of the congo. a diagnosis of ehf was suspected on clinical grounds and was confirmed by detection of ebo virus-specific igm and igg in serum of the patient. during the course of the disease, although she had no known predisposing factors, the patient developed a periorbital mucormycosis abscess on eyelid tissue that was biopsied during surgical drainage; ... | 1999 | 9988159 |
| [new form of hemorraghic fever in zaire]. | the purpose of this report is to describe the events that occurred immediately before and during the first weeks of the ebola virus epicemic in the democratic republic of the congo (formerly zaire) in september and october 1976. by october 4 dr raffier and dr ruppol were already on hand at the epicenter of the epicemic in the equator region about 1000 km from kinshasa. they had been mandated by the state health commissioner to conduct a firsthand assessment of the reportedly disastrous local con ... | 2004 | 15460138 |
| ebola haemorrhagic fever in zaire, 1976. | between 1 september and 24 october 1976, 318 cases of acute viral haemorrhagic fever occurred in northern zaire. the outbreak was centred in the bumba zone of the equateur region and most of the cases were recorded within a radius of 70 km of yambuku, although a few patients sought medical attention in bumba, abumombazi, and the capital city of kinshasa, where individual secondary and tertiary cases occurred. there were 280 deaths, and only 38 serologically confirmed survivors.the index case in ... | 1978 | 307456 |
| interventions to control virus transmission during an outbreak of ebola hemorrhagic fever: experience from kikwit, democratic republic of the congo, 1995. | on 6 may 1995, the médecins sans frontières (msf) coordinator in kinshasa, democratic republic of the congo (drc), received a request for assistance for what was believed to be a concurrent outbreak of bacillary dysentery and viral hemorrhagic fever (suspected ebola hemorrhagic fever [ehf]) in the town of kikwit, drc. on 11 may, the msf intervention team assessed kikwit general hospital. this initial assessment revealed a nonfunctional isolation ward for suspected ehf cases; a lack of water and ... | 1999 | 9988193 |