The Re-Emergence of Bundibugyo Ebolavirus in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: Epidemiological Drivers, Response Strategies, and Implications for Global Health Security [PDF]
Infection and Drug ResistanceGerald Olwit,1 Ivy Bochaberi Ombongi,2 Henon Ataryeba,3 Andrea Nantongo,4 Babirye Shamim51Department of Internal Medicine, Kabale University School of Medicine, Kabale, Uganda; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
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Healthcare-associated transmission and early IPC system vulnerabilities during the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [PDF]
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection ControlThe 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC highlighted important early infection prevention and control (IPC) challenges, including healthcare-associated transmission, healthcare worker infections, unsafe triage systems, limited isolation capacity,
Ben Bepouka, Mardoche Kafua
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Vaccine preparedness for Bundibugyo virus and lessons learned [PDF]
npj VaccinesThe ongoing 2026 outbreak of Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is the largest so far on record. Despite experience from previous Ebolavirus outbreaks, the current lack of vaccines against BDBV underscores a ...
Michel Pletschette, Nadine Biedenkopf
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Lessons from the Bundibugyo outbreak for the Americas [PDF]
The Lancet Regional Health - AmericasDenise O. Garrett, Rebecca M. Martin
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VirusesWhole-genome sequencing (WGS) is central to outbreak response for high-consequence ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses, but useful genomes depend on workflow design, sample quality, biosafety, diagnostic breadth, infrastructure, and bioinformatics as much as ...
Katharina Kopp
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EurosurveillanceThe 2026 Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has prompted European countries and the United States to revise measures for travellers, healthcare workers and humanitarian personnel returning from ...
and of the ESCMID Emerging Infection Subcommittee
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Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis as an incidental finding: A case report
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 We present the case of a 23‐year‐old female with multiple diffuse and nodular masses of different sizes involving predominantly the posterior wall of the uterus, omentum, and peritoneum which were histopathologically confirmed to be disseminated ...
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Preparing for Ebola: Strengthening Nursing Readiness in the United States. [PDF]
Nurs OpenNursing Open, Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2026.
Lindsay B.
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Filovirus Outbreak Detection and Surveillance: Lessons From Bundibugyo [PDF]
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011 The first outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) due to Bundibugyo ebolavirus occurred in Uganda from August to December 2007. During outbreak response and assessment, we identified 131 EHF cases (44 suspect, 31 probable, and 56 confirmed). Consistent with previous large filovirus outbreaks, a long temporal lag (approximately 3 months) occurred ...
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One-Step Reverse-Transcription FRET-PCR for Differential Detection of Five Ebolavirus Species. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Ebola is an emerging infectious disease caused by a deadly virus belonging to the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus. Based on their geographical distribution, Ebolavirus has been classified into total five species so far, mainly Zaire, Sudan, Taï ...
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