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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Timen, Aura
• Isken, Leslie D
• Willemse, Patricia
• van den Berkmortel, Franchette
• Koopmans, Marion P G
• van Oudheusden, Danielle E C
• Bleeker-Rovers, Chantal P
• Brouwer, Annemarie E
• Grol, Richard P T M
• Hulscher, Marlies E J L
• van Dissel, Jaap T

Titel

Retrospective evaluation of control measures for contacts of patient with Marburg hemorrhagic fever

Ist Teil von

• Emerging infectious diseases, 2012-07, Vol.18 (7), p.1107-1114

Ort / Verlag

United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• After an imported case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever was reported in 2008 in the Netherlands, control measures to prevent transmission were implemented. To evaluate consequences of these measures, we administered a structured questionnaire to 130 contacts classified as either having high-risk or low-risk exposure to body fluids of the case-patient; 77 (59.2%) of 130 contacts responded. A total of 67 (87.0%) of 77 respondents agreed that temperature monitoring and reporting was necessary, significantly more often among high-risk than low-risk contacts (p<0.001). Strict compliance with daily temperature monitoring decreased from 80.5% (62/77) during week 1 to 66.2% (51/77) during week 3. Contacts expressed concern about development of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (58.4%, 45/77) and infecting a family member (40.2%, 31/77). High-risk contacts had significantly higher scores on psychological impact scales (p<0.001) during and after the monitoring period. Public health authorities should specifically address consequences of control measures on the daily life of contacts.