MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
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MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. · Feb 2001
Outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever Uganda, August 2000-January 2001.
On October 8, 2000, an outbreak of an unusual febrile illness with occasional hemorrhage and significant mortality was reported to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Kampala by the superintendent of St. Mary's Hospital in Lacor, and the District Director of Health Services in the Gulu District. ⋯ Mary's Hospital. This report describes surveillance and control activities related to the EHF outbreak and presents preliminary clinical and epidemiologic findings.
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MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. · Feb 2001
Case ReportsHypothermia-related deaths--Suffolk County, New York, January 1999-March 2000, and United States, 1979-1998.
Hypothermia is the unintentional lowering of core body temperature to <95 F (<35 C). Core body temperature normally is maintained at 97.7 F (36.5 C). ⋯ This report presents case reports of four hypothermia-related deaths during January 1999-March 2000 in Suffolk County (1999 population: 1,383,847), the largest county in New York excluding New York City, and summarizes hypothermia-related deaths in the United States during 1979-1998. Such deaths can be prevented by educating health-care providers and the public to identify persons at risk for hypothermia.