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Western African Ebola epidemic. Note: current estimates suggest that between 17 per cent and 70 per cent of Ebola cases were unreported, [ 11] suggesting a total number of cases between 34,513 and 94,486. The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history.
1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak. 2014 DR Congo outbreak. Kivu Ebola epidemic. List of epidemics and pandemics. v. t. e. Researchers believe that a 2-year-old boy who lived in the village of Meliandou, Guéckédou Prefecture, Guinea was the index case of the current Ebola virus disease epidemic. The boy died in December 2013.
Organizations from around the world responded to the West African Ebola virus epidemic. In July 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting with health ministers from eleven countries and announced collaboration on a strategy to co-ordinate technical support to combat the epidemic.
A month ago the European Union issued marketing authorization for a vaccine to prevent the Ebola virus in adults, and now the FDA has approved it. While noting that Ebola cases in the US have been ...
This article covers the timeline of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa and its outbreaks elsewhere. [1] Flag icons denote the first announcements of confirmed cases by the respective nation-states, their first deaths, and their first secondary transmissions, as well as relevant sessions and announcements of agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Centers for ...
‘Disease X’ could cause the next pandemic, according to the WHO—or Ebola, SARS, or Nipah. 9 pathogens researchers are keeping a watchful eye on. Erin Prater. January 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM.
List of Ebola outbreaks. 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak. 2014 DR Congo outbreak. Kivu Ebola epidemic. List of epidemics and pandemics. v. t. e. This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial ...
Active cases. 0. Four laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") occurred in the United States in 2014. [ 3] Eleven cases were reported, including these four cases and seven cases medically evacuated from other countries. [ 4] The first was reported in September 2014. [ 5]