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'''[[Ebola]] outbreaks''' have been restricted to Africa with the exception of [[Reston ebolavirus]]. The [[International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses]] currently recognizes four species of the Ebola: ''[[Zaire ebolavirus]]'' (EBOV), ''[[Sudan ebolavirus]]'' (SUDV), ''[[Reston ebolavirus]]'' (RESTV), and ''[[Taï Forest ebolavirus]]'' (TAFV).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/Ictv/fs_filov.htm|title=Filoviridae|accessdate=2009-10-04|last1=Netesov|first1=SV|last2=Feldmann|first2=H|last3=Jahrling|first3=PB|last4=Kiley|first4=MP|last5=Klenk|first5=H-D|last6=Sanchez|first6=A|date=2004-04-24|publisher=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses}}</ref> One additional species or type of Ebola is often recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as ''[[Bundibugyo ebolavirus]]'' (BDBV) or'' Ebola-Bundibugyo'', following the outbreak in Uganda in 2007.<ref name="PMID19023410" /><ref name="UNN-ID24862">{{Cite news|title=Uganda: Deadly Ebola Outbreak Confirmed - UN|url=http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24862|work=UN News Service|date=2007-11-30|accessdate=2009-11-29}}</ref><ref name="WHO-PR20080220">{{Cite press release|title=End of Ebola outbreak in Uganda|publisher=World Health Organization|date=2008-02-20|url=http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_02_20b/en/index.html|accessdate=2009-11-29}}</ref>
'''[[Ebola]] outbreaks''' have been restricted to Africa with the exception of [[Reston ebolavirus]]. The [[International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses]] currently recognizes four species of the Ebola: ''[[Zaire ebolavirus]]'' (EBOV), ''[[Sudan ebolavirus]]'' (SUDV), ''[[Reston ebolavirus]]'' (RESTV), and ''[[Taï Forest ebolavirus]]'' (TAFV).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/Ictv/fs_filov.htm|title=Filoviridae|accessdate=2009-10-04|last1=Netesov|first1=SV|last2=Feldmann|first2=H|last3=Jahrling|first3=PB|last4=Kiley|first4=MP|last5=Klenk|first5=H-D|last6=Sanchez|first6=A|date=2004-04-24|publisher=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses}}</ref> One additional species or type of Ebola is often recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as ''[[Bundibugyo ebolavirus]]'' (BDBV) or'' Ebola-Bundibugyo'', following the outbreak in Uganda in 2007.<ref name="PMID19023410" /><ref name="UNN-ID24862">{{Cite news|title=Uganda: Deadly Ebola Outbreak Confirmed - UN|url=http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24862|work=UN News Service|date=2007-11-30|accessdate=2009-11-29}}</ref><ref name="WHO-PR20080220">{{Cite press release|title=End of Ebola outbreak in Uganda|publisher=World Health Organization|date=2008-02-20|url=http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_02_20b/en/index.html|accessdate=2009-11-29}}</ref>


Revision as of 07:48, 12 September 2014

"Ebola outbreak" redirects here. For current West African outbreak, see Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.

Ebola outbreaks have been restricted to Africa with the exception of Reston ebolavirus. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses currently recognizes four species of the Ebola: Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV), Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV), Reston ebolavirus (RESTV), and Taï Forest ebolavirus (TAFV).[1] One additional species or type of Ebola is often recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) or Ebola-Bundibugyo, following the outbreak in Uganda in 2007.[2][3][4]

Transmission between natural reservoirs and humans is rare, and outbreaks are often traceable to a single case where an individual has handled the carcass of a gorilla, chimpanzee, or duiker.[5] The virus then spreads person-to-person, especially within families, hospitals, and during some mortuary rituals where contact among individuals becomes more likely.[6] Before outbreaks are confirmed in areas of weak surveillance on the local or regional levels, Ebola is often mistaken for malaria, typhoid fever, dysentery, influenza, or various bacterial infections which may be endemic to the region. Learning from failed responses, such as that to the 2000 Uganda outbreak, public health measures including the WHO's Global Outbreak and Response Network were instituted in areas at high risk. Field laboratories were established in order to confirm cases, instead of shipping samples to South Africa.[7]

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Special Pathogens Branch charter to study highly infectious viruses, many causing hemorrhagic fevers, has historically endowed it to closely follow Ebola outbreaks.[8] Compiling scientific journals and public health announcements, the following list is from Known Cases and Outbreaks of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, in Chronological Order[9]

Year Country Species Cases Deaths CFR Description
1976  Zaire EBOV 318 280 88% First recognition of Ebola virus disease. Occurred in Yambuku and surrounding areas in August. Spread by personal contact and use of contaminated needles and syringes in hospitals/clinics.[10]
1976  Sudan SUDV 284 151 53% Occurred in Nzara, Maridi and surrounding areas. Mainly spread by personal contact in hospitals. Many medical care personnel were infected.[11]
1977  Zaire EBOV 1 1 — Noted retroactively in the village of Tandala.[12]
1979  Sudan SUDV 34 22 65% Occurred in Nzara, Maridi. Recurrent outbreak at the same site as the 1976 Sudan epidemic.[13]
1989–1990  Philippines RESTV 3[note 1] 0 — High mortality among crab-eating macaques in a primate facility responsible for exporting animals in the USA.[14] Three workers in the facility developed antibodies but did not get sick.[15]
1990  United States RESTV 4[note 2] 0 — RESTV was introduced into quarantine facilities in Virginia and Texas by monkeys imported from the Philippines. Four humans developed antibodies but did not get sick.[16]
1994  Gabon EBOV 52 31 60% Occurred in Mékouka and other gold-mining camps deep in the rain forest. Thought to be yellow fever until 1995.[17]
1994  Côte d'Ivoire[note 3] TAFV 1 0 — First and thus far only recognition of TAFV. Approximately one week after conducting necropsies on infected western chimpanzees in Taï National Park, a scientist contracted the virus and developed symptoms similar to those of dengue fever. She was discharged from a Swiss hospital two weeks later, and fully recovered after six weeks.[18]
1995  Zaire EBOV 315 250 79% Occurred in Kikwit and surrounding areas. Traced to index case-patient who worked in forest adjoining the city. Epidemic spread through families and hospitals.[19]
1996  Gabon EBOV 37 21 57% Occurred in Mayibout area between January and April. A chimpanzee found dead in the forest was eaten by people hunting for food. Nineteen people who were involved in the butchery of the animal became ill; other cases occurred in family members.[17]
1996  South Africa EBOV 2 1 — A medical professional traveled from Gabon to Johannesburg, South Africa, after having treated Ebola virus-infected patients. He was hospitalized, and the nurse that took care of him became infected and died.[20]
1996–1997  Gabon EBOV 60 45 75% Occurred in Booué area with transport of patients to Libreville between July 1996 and January 1997. Index case-patient was a hunter who lived in a forest camp. Disease was spread by close contact with infected persons. A dead chimpanzee found in the forest at the time was determined to be infected.[17]
2000–2001  Uganda SUDV 425 224 53% Occurred in Gulu, Masindi, and Mbarara districts of Uganda. The three greatest risks associated with Ebola virus infection were attending funerals of case-patients, having contact with case-patients in one's family, and providing medical care to case-patients without using adequate personal protective measures.[21]
2001–2002  Gabon
 Republic of the Congo 		EBOV 122 96 79% Occurred over the border of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo between October 2001 and July 2002. First reported occurrence of Ebola in the Republic of the Congo.[22]
2002–2003  Republic of the Congo EBOV 143 128 90% Occurred in the districts of Mbomo and Kéllé in Cuvette Ouest Département between December 2002 and April 2003.[23]
2003  Republic of the Congo EBOV 35 29 83% Occurred in Mbomo and Mbandza villages located in Mbomo district, Cuvette Ouest Département, between November and December.[24]
2004  Sudan SUDV 17 7 41% Occurred in Yambio county in Western Equatoria of southern Sudan. This outbreak was concurrent with an outbreak of measles in the same area, and several suspected EHF cases were later reclassified as measles cases.[25]
2007  Democratic Republic of the Congo EBOV 264 187 71% Occurred in Kasai-Occidental Province. The outbreak was declared over on November 20. Last confirmed case on October 4 and last death on October 10.[26]
2007–2008  Uganda BDBV 149 37 25% First recognition of BDBV. Occurred in Bundibugyo District in western Uganda between December 2007 and January 2008[2][3][4]
2008  Philippines RESTV 6[note 4] 0 — First recognition of RESTV in pigs. Strain closely similar to earlier strains. Occurred in November. Six workers from the pig farm and slaughterhouse developed antibodies but did not become sick.[27][28]
2008–2009  Democratic Republic of the Congo EBOV 32 14 45% Occurred in the Mweka and Luebo health zones of the Province of Kasai-Occidental between December 2008 and February 2009[29]
2012  Uganda SUDV 24 17 71% Occurred in the Kibaale District between June and August.[30]
2012  Democratic Republic of the Congo BDBV 77 36 47% Occurred in Province Orientale between June and November.[31][32]
2013–2014  Guinea
 Liberia[note 5]
 Nigeria
 Senegal
 Sierra Leone 		EBOV 4,293 2,296 TBD
Main article: Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
The most severe Ebola outbreak recorded in regards to both the number of human cases and fatalities.[35] Began in Guéckédou, Guinea, in December 2013, and spread to neighbouring countries where it is still ongoing.[36]
2014  Democratic Republic of the Congo EBOV 60 35 TBD Occurred in Equateur Province. Outbreak detected 24 August and is still ongoing.[37]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ All three cases were asymptomatic.
  2. ^ All four cases were asymptomatic.
  3. ^ The single Ivorian case was repatriated to Switzerland for medical treatment.[18]
  4. ^ All six cases were asymptomatic.
  5. ^ Three Liberian cases were repatriated for medical treatment; two to the U.S. and one to Spain.[33][34]

References

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  2. ^ a b Attention: This template ({{cite pmid}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by PMID 19023410, please use {{cite journal}} with |pmid=19023410 instead.
  3. ^ a b "Uganda: Deadly Ebola Outbreak Confirmed - UN". UN News Service. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
  4. ^ a b "End of Ebola outbreak in Uganda" (Press release). World Health Organization. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
  5. ^ Peterson, AT; Bauer, JT; Mills, JN (Jan 2004). "Ecologic and geographic distribution of filovirus disease". Emerging infectious diseases. 10 (1): 40–7. PMID 15078595.
  6. ^ "Questions and Answers about Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
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  8. ^ "Mission Statement". National Center for Infectious Diseases & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2007-10-31.
  9. ^ "Known Cases and Outbreaks of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, in Chronological Order". National Center for Infectious Diseases & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2014-08-30.
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  20. ^ "Ebola haemorrhagic fever - South Africa" (PDF). Weekly Epidemiological Record. 71 (47). Geneva: World Health Organization: 353–360. 22 November 1996. ISSN 0049-8114.
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  24. ^ "Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Republic of the Congo - Update 6". World Health Organization. 6 January 2004.
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  34. ^ "Ebola: Spanish missionary infected with virus in Liberia flown to Spain". The Guardian. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  35. ^ "Chronology of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreaks". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  36. ^ "Tracing Ebola's Breakout to an African 2-Year-Old". New York Times. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  37. ^ "Update on the Ebola virus disease in DRC, No. 5, 30 August 2014". UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2014-09-2. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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