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Medical Research

Medical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in the peer-reviewed literature.

Below is a selection of recently published MSF medical research articles. For copies or to search all MSF research publications, please visit the MSF Field Research website, or contact Dr. Patricia Kahn, Medical Editor, patricia.kahn[at]newyork.msf.org.

MSF research articles on Marburg

May 24, 2011

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

Allen Grolla, Steven M. Jones, Lisa Fernando, James E. Strong, Ute Ströher, Peggy Möller, Janusz T. Paweska, Felicity Burt, Pedro Pablo Palma, Armand Sprecher, Pierre Formenty, Cathy Roth, Heinz Feldmann
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011;5(5):e1183
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Angola, Diagnostics, Marburg, Marburg

May 24, 2011

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

Allen Grolla, Steven M. Jones, Lisa Fernando, James E. Strong, Ute Ströher, Peggy Möller, Janusz T. Paweska, Felicity Burt, Pedro Pablo Palma, Armand Sprecher, Pierre Formenty, Cathy Roth, Heinz Feldmann
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011;5(5):e1183
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Angola, Diagnostics, Marburg, Marburg

May 4, 2010

Factors associated with Marburg hemorrhagic fever: analysis of patient data from Uige, Angola

Paul Roddy, Sara L. Thomas, Benjamin Jeffs, Pascoal Nascimento Folo, Pedro Pablo Palma, Bengi Moco Henrique, Luis Villa, Fernando Paixao Damiao Machado, Oscar Bernal, Steven M. Jones, James E. Strong, Heinz Feldmann, Matthias Borchert
Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010;201(12):1909-18. (doi: 10.1086/652748)

Angola, Marburg, Marburg

May 4, 2010

Factors associated with Marburg hemorrhagic fever: analysis of patient data from Uige, Angola

Paul Roddy, Sara L. Thomas, Benjamin Jeffs, Pascoal Nascimento Folo, Pedro Pablo Palma, Bengi Moco Henrique, Luis Villa, Fernando Paixao Damiao Machado, Oscar Bernal, Steven M. Jones, James E. Strong, Heinz Feldmann, Matthias Borchert
Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010;201(12):1909-18. (doi: 10.1086/652748)

Angola, Marburg, Marburg

October 5, 2008

Decreased peripheral health service utilisation during an outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever, Uíge, Angola, 2005

P Roddy, A Marchiol, B Jeffs, PP Palma, O Bernal, O de la Rosa, M Borchert
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009;103:200-202. (doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.09.001)

Angola, Marburg, Marburg

October 5, 2008

Decreased peripheral health service utilisation during an outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever, Uíge, Angola, 2005

P Roddy, A Marchiol, B Jeffs, PP Palma, O Bernal, O de la Rosa, M Borchert
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009;103:200-202. (doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.09.001)

Angola, Marburg, Marburg

February 26, 2008

Treatment of Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers: A strategy for testing new drugs and vaccines under outbreak conditions

Daniel G. Bausch, A.G. Sprecher, Benjamin Jeffs, Paul Boumandouki
Antiviral Research 2008;78:150–161. (doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2008.01.152)

Ebola, Marburg, Marburg, Vaccination Campaign

February 26, 2008

Treatment of Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers: A strategy for testing new drugs and vaccines under outbreak conditions

Daniel G. Bausch, A.G. Sprecher, Benjamin Jeffs, Paul Boumandouki
Antiviral Research 2008;78:150–161. (doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2008.01.152)

Ebola, Marburg, Marburg, Vaccination Campaign

November 15, 2007

The Médecins Sans Frontières intervention in the Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemic, Uige, Angola, 2005. I. Lessons learned in the hospital

Benjamin Jeffs et al.
Journal of Infectious Diseases 2007;196:S154–S161. (doi: 10.1086/520548)

Angola, Marburg, Marburg, Vaccination Campaign

November 15, 2007

The Médecins Sans Frontières intervention in the Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemic, Uige, Angola, 2005. I. Lessons learned in the hospital

Benjamin Jeffs et al.
Journal of Infectious Diseases 2007;196:S154–S161. (doi: 10.1086/520548)

Angola, Marburg, Marburg, Vaccination Campaign

November 15, 2007

Outbreaks of filovirus hemorrhagic fever: Time to refocus on the patient

Daniel G. Bausch, Heinz Feldmann, Thomas W. Geisbert, Mike Bray, AG Sprecher, Paul Boumandouki, Pierre E. Rollin, Cathy Roth, the Winnipeg Filovirus Clinical Working Group
Journal of Infectious Diseases 2007;96:S136–S141. (doi: 10.1086/520542)

Ebola, Marburg, Marburg

November 15, 2007

Outbreaks of filovirus hemorrhagic fever: Time to refocus on the patient

Daniel G. Bausch, Heinz Feldmann, Thomas W. Geisbert, Mike Bray, AG Sprecher, Paul Boumandouki, Pierre E. Rollin, Cathy Roth, the Winnipeg Filovirus Clinical Working Group
Journal of Infectious Diseases 2007;96:S136–S141. (doi: 10.1086/520542)

Ebola, Marburg, Marburg

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