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Until 1995, the outbreak was incorrectly classified as yellow fever. [21] May–Jul 1995 Zaire: EBOV 315 254 81% Occurred in Kikwit and surrounding areas. The outbreak was traced to a patient who worked in a forest adjoining the city. The epidemic spread through families and hospital admissions. [22] [23] Jan 1996–Mar 1997 Gabon: EBOV 91 66 ...
[1] [14] The largest Ebola outbreak to date was an epidemic in West Africa from December 2013 to January 2016, with 28,646 cases and 11,323 deaths. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] On 29 March 2016, it was declared to no longer be an emergency. [ 18 ]
2013 Vietnam measles outbreak 2013–2014 Vietnam: Measles: 142 [275] Western African Ebola virus epidemic: 2013–2016 Worldwide, primarily concentrated in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone: Ebola: 11,323+ [276] [277] [278] 2013–2014 chikungunya outbreak: 2013–2015 Americas: Chikungunya: 183 [279] 2013–19 avian influenza epidemic 2013–2019 ...
Novel infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, are a significant public health threat. [30] Although human coronaviruses (CoVs) were known as major pathogens which caused respiratory illnesses, [31] [32] a new strain of coronavirus known as SARS-CoV caused an outbreak in 29 countries from 2002 to 2004.
The Ebola epidemic caused an increasing demand for protective clothing. A full set of protective clothing includes a suit, goggles, a mask, socks and boots, and an apron. Boots and aprons can be disinfected and reused, but everything else must be destroyed after use. Health workers change garments frequently, discarding gear that has barely ...
The Kivu Ebola epidemic [note 2] was an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) mainly in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and in other parts of Central Africa, from 2018 to 2020. [10] Between 1 August 2018 and 25 June 2020 it resulted in 3,470 reported cases. [ 11 ]
The DRC has been battling the Kivu Ebola epidemic since 2018, and this epidemic was still ongoing when the COVID-19 crisis began. [ 4 ] On 10 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported ...
Orthoebolavirus zairense [1] or Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as Ebola virus (/ i ˈ b oʊ l ə, ɪ-/; EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus Ebolavirus. [2] Four of the six known ebolaviruses, including EBOV, cause a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other mammals, known as Ebola virus disease (EVD).