Epidemiological description of Marburg virus disease outbreak in Kagera region, Northwestern Tanzania.
Vida MmbagaGeorge MremaDanstan NgenziWelema MagogeEmmanuel MwakapasaFrank JacobHamza MatimbaMedard BeyangaAngela SamweliMichael KiremejiMary KitambiErasto SylvanusErnest KyunguGerald ManaseJoseph HokororoChrister KanyankoleMartin RwabilimboIssessanda KanikiGeorge KaukiMaria Ezekiely KellyWilliam MwengeeGabriel AyeniFaraja MsemwaGrace SagutiGeorge S MgomellaKokuhabwa Irene MukurasiMarcelina MponelaEliakimu KapyoloJonathan McharoMary T MayigeWangeci GateiIshata ContehPeter MalaMahesh SwaminathanPius HorumpendePaschal RuggajoGrace MagembeZabulon YotiElias KwesiTumaini NaguPublished in: PloS one (2024)
Transmission during this outbreak occurred among family members and healthcare workers who provided care to the cases. The delay in detection aggravated the spread and possibly the consequent fatality but once confirmed the swift response stemmed further transmission containing the disease at the epicenter wards. The outbreak lasted for 72 days but as the origin is still unknown, further research is required to explore the source of this outbreak.