Volume 9, Number 12—December 2003
Research
Risk Factors for Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Daniel G. Bausch*1
, Matthias Borchert†2, Thomas Grein‡, Cathy Roth‡, Robert Swanepoel§, Modeste L. Libande¶, Antoine Talarmin#3, Eric Bertherat**4, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum¶, Ben Tugume††, Robert Colebunders†, Kader M. Kond采5, Patricia Pirard§§, Loku L. Olinda¶, Guénaël R. Rodier‡, Patricia Campbell¶¶, Oyewale Tomori‡‡, Thomas G. Ksiazek*, and Pierre E. Rollin*
, Matthias Borchert†2, Thomas Grein‡, Cathy Roth‡, Robert Swanepoel§, Modeste L. Libande¶, Antoine Talarmin#3, Eric Bertherat**4, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum¶, Ben Tugume††, Robert Colebunders†, Kader M. Kond采5, Patricia Pirard§§, Loku L. Olinda¶, Guénaël R. Rodier‡, Patricia Campbell¶¶, Oyewale Tomori‡‡, Thomas G. Ksiazek*, and Pierre E. Rollin*Table 2
Duration of time spent working in mines and Marburg immunoglobulin G antibody status among 281 active miners in Durba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1999
| Time in mines | Antibody positive (+ SEM) (n = 13) | Antibody negative (+ SEM) (n = 268) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| At present mine site (y)
Usual h/wk working in mine
Usual h in mine without exiting |
6.6 + 1.0
58.2 + 9.2
24.2 + 6.1 |
10.3 + 0.6
49.5 + 1.7
16.0 + 0.9 |
0.52
0.36
0.07 |
| Longest stint in mine (h) | 38.8 + 10.2 | 28.8 + 1.8 | 0.16 |
