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Outbreak Postings
This section has
archived postings of outbreaks that have occurred since the year 2000.
To find information
on outbreaks that have occurred prior to the year 2000, please visit the
Other Resources page.
| 2004:
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in south Sudan |
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 20 cases, including 5 deaths, from Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) have been reported from Yambio County in southern Sudan. EHF has been laboratory confirmed by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Kenya Medical Research Institute. CDC has confirmed that the virus is the Ebola-Sudan strain (incubation period: 2-21 days), one of three previously recognized Ebola virus strains known to cause human disease.
For related information regarding travel, please see the CDC Travelers’ Health Web site.
For information regarding
the recent cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever syndrome in south Sudan,
please refer to the World
Health Organization's (WHO) Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response
page.
| 2003:
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in The Republic of the Congo |
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For information regarding
cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever syndrome in The Republic of the Congo,
please refer to the World
Health Organization's (WHO) Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response
page.
| 2002:
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Gabon and The Republic of the
Congo |
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On May 6, 2002, the
Gabonese Ministry of Health declared that the Ebola hemorrhagic fever
outbreak in the Ogooué-Ivindo province had ended. CDC participated
with the Gabonese and Congolese Ministries of Health, the World
Health Organization (WHO), the International Center for Medical Research
in Franceville, Gabon, and other partners in an international response
to the outbreak in the Ogooué-Ivindo province of Gabon and in neighboring
villages in the Republic of the Congo.
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe, often fatal viral hemorrhagic disease.
The virus can be transmitted by close contact with persons symptomatic
with the disease. On the basis of extensive studies of previous outbreaks
of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, general travelers in the area are unlikely
to contract the disease. However, travelers are advised to take appropriate
precautions to prevent infection. These precautions include avoiding direct
contact with people who have serious disease and their bodily fluids.
For more information
about the outbreak, please refer to the World
Health Organization's Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response Page.
For more information on the disease, please refer to the Fact
Sheet on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever.
For basic recommendations on VHF infection control, please refer to the
CDC and WHO manual: "Infection
Control for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers In the African Health Care Setting".
| 2000-2001:
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Uganda |
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On
February 27, 2001, Uganda was declared officially to be free of Ebola
hemorrhagic fever, following a 42-day period, twice the maximum incubation
period, during which no new cases had been reported.
Between
October 2000 and February 2001, CDC participated with the World
Health Organization (WHO), the
Ugandan Ministry of Health, Medecins
Sans Frontieres (MSF), and other partners in an international response
to the outbreak.
For
more information about the outbreak in Uganda or about viral hemorrhagic
fevers in general, please refer to the following:
Outbreak
of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever--Uganda, August 2000 --January 2001,
published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, February
09, 2001.
World
Health Organization’s Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response Page
CDC
Fact Sheet on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
The
CDC and WHO manual: "Infection
Control for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in the African Health Care Setting.”
| 2000-2001:
Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Saudi Arabia and Yemen |
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In September 2000,
the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and subsequently
the Ministry of Health of Yemen received reports of unexplained hemorrhagic
fever in humans and associated animal deaths from the southwestern border
of Saudi Arabia and Yemen. CDC confirmed the outbreak to be caused by
Rift Valley fever virus.
For additional information,
see the following:
"Update:
Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever --- Saudi Arabia, August--November 2000",
published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November
3, 2000.
"Outbreak
of Rift Valley Fever --- Saudi Arabia, August--October, 2000",
published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, October
13, 2000.
CDC Fact Sheet on Rift Valley Fever
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