Ebola Outbreak (Cont.)

Ebola Information

Ebola Outbreak in the 2000s

There have been two confirmed outbreaks of Ebola in the 2000s.

Year	Ebola subtype	Country	No. of human cases	Percentage of deaths among cases	Ebola Outbreak Details
2000- 2001	Ebola- Sudan	Uganda	425	53%	Occurred in Gulu, Masindi, and Mbarara districts of Uganda. The three most important risks associated with Ebola virus infection were attending funerals of Ebola hemorrhagic fever case-patients, having contact with case-patients in one's family, and providing medical care to Ebola case-patients without using adequate personal protective measures.
2001- 2002	Ebola-Zaire	Gabon and The Republic of the Congo	122	79%	Outbreak occurred over the border of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.

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