Colebunders Robert, Sleurs Hilde, Pirard Patricia, Borchert Matthias, Libande Modeste, Mustin Jean Pierre, Tshomba Antoine, Kinuani Léon, Olinda Loku Abisa, Tshioko Florimond, Muyembe-Tamfum Jean-Jacques
Médecins sans Frontières, Dupréstraat 94, B-1090 Brussel, Belgium.
J Infect. 2004 May;48(4):347-53. doi: 10.1016/S0163-4453(03)00122-1.
Organising health care was one of the tasks of the International Scientific and Technical Committee during the 1998-1999 outbreak in Durba/Watsa, in the north-eastern province (Province Orientale), Democratic Republic of Congo. With the logistical support of Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), two isolation units were created: one at the Durba Reference Health Centre and the other at the Okimo Hospital in Watsa. Between May 6th, the day the isolation unit was installed and May 19th, 15 patients were admitted to the Durba Health Centre. In only four of them were the diagnosis of Marburg haemorrhagic fever (MHF) confirmed by laboratory examination. Protective equipment was distributed to health care workers and family members caring for patients. Information about MHF, modes of transmission and the use of barrier nursing techniques was provided to health care workers and sterilisation procedures were reviewed. In contrast to Ebola outbreaks, there was little panic among health care workers and the general public in Durba and all health services remained operational.
在1998 - 1999年刚果民主共和国东方省杜尔巴/瓦察疫情爆发期间，组织医疗保健工作是国际科学技术委员会的任务之一。在无国界医生组织（MSF）的后勤支持下，设立了两个隔离单元：一个在杜尔巴参考医疗中心，另一个在瓦察的奥基莫医院。从5月6日隔离单元设立之日到5月19日，有15名患者被收治到杜尔巴医疗中心。其中只有4例经实验室检查确诊为马尔堡出血热（MHF）。防护设备分发给了医护人员和照顾患者的家属。向医护人员提供了有关马尔堡出血热、传播方式和屏障护理技术使用的信息，并对消毒程序进行了审查。与埃博拉疫情爆发不同，杜尔巴的医护人员和公众几乎没有恐慌情绪，所有医疗服务仍在运转。
