4 days ago · The Ebola vaccine licensed in the United States (ERVEBO®) is indicated for preventing Ebola disease due to Ebola virus (species Orthoebolavirus zairense) only, and based on studies in animals, is not expected to protect against Sudan virus or other orthoebolaviruses. There is currently no FDA-approved treatment for SVD, but there are therapies ...

Sudan virus (SUDV) is one of six known viruses within the genus Ebolavirus and one of the four that causes Ebola virus disease (EVD) in humans and other primates; it is the sole member of the species Sudan ebolavirus.

Feb 4, 2025 · The Sudan Ebola virus is severe, killing at least 40% of those infected, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Uganda is currently experiencing its sixth outbreak of the disease.

Jan 30, 2025 · Sudan virus disease is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates that is due to Orthoebolavirus sudanense (Sudan virus), a viral species belonging to the same genus of the virus causing Ebola virus disease. Case fatality rates of Sudan virus disease have varied from 41% to 100% in past outbreaks.

May 6, 2024 · Ebola outbreaks have occurred throughout western and central Africa. The Ebola virus, Sudan virus, and Bundibugyo virus are the three viruses responsible for most large outbreaks in Africa. The Ebola virus is the deadliest and without treatment, up …

4 days ago · There have been seven previous outbreaks of the Sudan ebolavirus, with four occurring in Uganda and three in Sudan. In 2019, Uganda country experienced an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) caused by Zaire ebolavirus following imported cases from neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo which was battling a large epidemic in its north ...

On 11 January 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Uganda declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) that affected nine out of 146 districts: Bunyangabu, Jinja, Kagadi, Kampala, Kassanda, Kyegegwa, Masaka, Mubende, and Wakiso.

Cases (confirmed and probable) and deaths (confirmed) of Ebola disease caused by SUDV by date of illness onset, as of 7 November 2022. Graph re-produced using data reported in the Ministry of Health Uganda and WHO Situation Reports

On 20 September 2022, Uganda health authorities declared an outbreak of Ebola disease, caused by Sudan virus, following laboratory confirmation of a patient from a village in Madudu sub-county, Mubende district, central Uganda.

4 days ago · Sudan virus disease is a type of Ebola disease, and the current outbreak is the ninth to have occurred since the virus was first identified in southern Sudan in June 1976. Although no licensed vaccine exists, a trial of a new vaccine has already been launched, while a trial of a therapeutic monoclonal antibody is expected to start within days. ...