Ebola virus outbreaks in Africa: Past and present

• Published in: Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research Vol. 79; no. 2; pp. 451 - e8
• Main Authors: Muyembe-Tamfum, J.J., Mulangu, S., Masumu, Justin, Kayembe, J.M., Kemp, A., Paweska, Janusz T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: South Africa African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS 01.07.2012; AOSIS (Pty) Ltd; AOSIS
• Subjects: Africa; Africa - epidemiology; Animals; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data; Disease Outbreaks - veterinary; Ebola; Ebola virus infections; Ebolavirus - isolation & purification; Ebolavirus - pathogenicity; fruit bats; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - transmission; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - veterinary; Humans; Marburg virus disease; Mortality; non-humans primates; outbreaks; Primates; Virus diseases; Zoonoses; zoonosis; Africa

Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a zoonosis affecting both human and non-human primates (NHP). Outbreaks in Africa occur mainly in the Congo and Nile basins. The first outbreaks of EHF occurred nearly simultaneously in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, former Zaire) and Sudan with...