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Figure. Chains of transmission relative to 27 Ebola cases, Gulu
District, Uganda (September–October 2000). The numbers above the blocks
indicate the total number of healthy contacts identified for that patient.
The slashes indicate patients who died. The isolation ward was opened
on October 8. *A laboratory facility for serologic diagnosis of Ebola
was set up at Lacor Hospital by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
on October 21. Description of individual cases follows: 1. AF, young woman,
admitted at Gulu Hospital Sept. 19, died the same day. She was buried
the following day, next to her parents’ house, without known identified
case-patients among those who attended the burial ceremony; 2. OS, son
of AF (4 months old); breastfed even during the last days of his mother’s
life; admitted to Lacor Hospital; died Sept. 30. 3. OA, father-in-law
of AF; nursed his daughter-in-law during the last days of the disease,
both at home and in the hospital; reported contact with blood and vomit;
died Oct. 7. 4. AR, grandmother of OS; nursed the child after the mother’s
death; reported contact with feces and urine; survived. 5. ON, cousin
of OA, whom ON touched before and after OA’s death; no reported contacts
with body fluid; died Oct. 16. 6. OR, brother of OA; nursed him during
last days; reported contacts with feces; died Oct. 17. 7. OJ, brother
of ON; used the blanket left by his brother; survived. 8. AE, young woman
who sold beer to soldiers; died Sept. 17. 9. OS, son of AE; breastfed;
died Sept. 21. 10. AD, mother of AE; nursed her; reported contact with
vomit and feces; prepared the dead body; died Oct. 1. 11. AJ, sister of
AE; nursed her; reported contact with feces and vomit; prepared the dead
body; died Oct. 4. 12. AV, aunt of OS; nursed the child after the mother’s
death; reported contact with vomit and feces; died Oct. 11. 13. AN, cousin
of OS; they slept together; reported contact with vomit and feces; survived.
14. AV, daughter of AD; nursed her; reported contact with vomit and feces;
died Oct. 7. 15. AV, niece of AD; reported direct contact with her during
illness; died Oct. 23. 16. AS, daughter of AJ; nursed her, both at home
and in the hospital; no reported contact with body fluids; died Oct. 24.
17. AS, co-wife of A J; nursed her; reported contact with blood; died
Oct. 24. 18. AE, sister-in-law of AJ; assisted her during delivery on
Sept. 28; died Oct. 17. 19. LV, aunt of AJ; assisted her during delivery
on Sept. 28; died Oct. 22. 20. OW, son of AJ; born on Sept. 28; died Oct.
9. 21. OJ, husband of LV; nursed her; died Nov. 1. 22. AC, cousin of AV;
nursed her; reported contact with feces; survived. 23. AG, young woman;
lived next to the barracks; died Oct. 8. 24. AL, sister of AG; nursed
her; reported contact with vomit; died Oct. 18. 25. JB, sister of AG;
nursed her; reported contact with vomit; died Oct. 26. OR, son of AL;
breastfed; died Oct. 21. 27. AF, grandmother of OR; nursed the child after
the mother’s death; reported contact with feces and vomit; survived.
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