Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, with the first case linked to a 32-year-old nurse in Kampala.

Sudan virus disease is essentially a disease very similar to Ebola. The Ebola virus has caused several high-profile outbreaks. The west Africa 2014-16 outbreak was the largest with 28,600 cases ...

Uganda has started trial vaccination for Sudan virus Disease(Ebola) for upcountry regions on Sunday. A team of 200 health ...

The often-deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD ... and the United States. In an outbreak of the Sudan ebolavirus in Uganda between the fall of 2022 and early 2023, 164 cases were recorded (22 probable ...

The Ministry of Health has confirmed another outbreak of Sudan Ebola in Kampala ... Public Health Laboratory in Kampala, the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, and Makerere University.

There are no approved vaccines or treatments for Sudan virus disease, which has a 40–70% fatality rate. To curb the ongoing outbreak, Uganda has deployed—under a clinical trial setting—a vaccine ...

A SECOND Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa ... "Post-mortem samples confirmed the Sudan Ebola virus disease (strain)," it added. Forty-four people, including 30 health workers, have ...

Uganda Confirms Outbreak of Ebola in Capital Kampala ... Post-mortem samples confirmed the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (strain)," the ministry said in a statement. Forty-four contacts of the ...

On Jan. 30, Uganda confirmed an outbreak of the Sudan virus disease. The Sudan virus belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus. The announcement came after the death of a 32-year-old nurse in ...