TY - JOUR AU - Timen, Aura AU - Isken, Leslie AU - Willemse, Patricia AU - van den Berkmortel, Franchette AU - Koopmans, Marion P.G. AU - van Oudheusden, Danielle E.C. AU - Bleeker-Rovers, Chantal AU - Brouwer, Annemarie AU - Grol, Richard P.T.M. AU - Hulscher, Marlies E.J.L. AU - van Dissel, Jaap T1 - Retrospective Evaluation of Control Measures for Contacts of Patient with Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 7 SP - 1107 SN - 1080-6059 AB - After an imported case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever was reported in 2008 in the Netherlands, control measures to prevent transmission were implemented. To evaluate consequences of these measures, we administered a structured questionnaire to 130 contacts classified as either having high-risk or low-risk exposure to body fluids of the case-patient; 77 (59.2%) of 130 contacts responded. A total of 67 (87.0%) of 77 respondents agreed that temperature monitoring and reporting was necessary, significantly more often among high-risk than low-risk contacts (p<0.001). Strict compliance with daily temperature monitoring decreased from 80.5% (62/77) during week 1 to 66.2% (51/77) during week 3. Contacts expressed concern about development of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (58.4%, 45/77) and infecting a family member (40.2%, 31/77). High-risk contacts had significantly higher scores on psychological impact scales (p<0.001) during and after the monitoring period. Public health authorities should specifically address consequences of control measures on the daily life of contacts. KW - retrospective evaluation KW - temperature monitoring KW - control measures KW - Marburg hemorrhagic fever KW - Marburg virus KW - viruses KW - contacts KW - the Netherlands KW - daily life DO - 10.3201/eid1807.101638 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/7/10-1638_article ER - End of Reference