Marburg Virus Disease in Ghana

N Engl J Med. 2023 Jun 22;388(25):2393-2394. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2300867.

Authors

Joseph K Bonney¹, Bright Adu¹, Terrel Sanders², Deborah Pratt³, Patience Adams³, Ivy A Asante³, Evelyn Y Bonney³, Bright Agbodzi², Selassie Kumordjie², Martin Faye⁴, Evangeline Obodai³, Prince Ketorwoley³, Clara Yeboah², Mildred Tublu³, Moussa M Diagne⁴, Amadou Diallo⁴, Magdalene Ofori³, Dennis Laryea⁵, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe⁵, George B Kyei⁶, Sally-Ann Ohene⁷, Gifty Boateng⁸, Ryan Chapman⁹, Ousmane Faye⁴, Michael Wiley⁹, John Odoom³, Amadou Sall⁴, Francis C Kasolo⁷, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu³

Affiliations

¹ Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana kbonney@noguchi.ug.edu.gh.
² U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 3, Accra, Ghana.
³ Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana.
⁴ Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
⁵ Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
⁶ University of Ghana Medical Center, Accra, Ghana.
⁷ World Health Organization, Accra, Ghana.
⁸ National Public Health Reference Laboratory, Accra, Ghana.
⁹ University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, NE.

PMID: 37342928
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2300867

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Ghana / epidemiology
Humans
Marburg Virus Disease* / epidemiology
Marburg Virus Disease* / prevention & control
Marburgvirus* / genetics

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International