Ebola virus outbreak

List OF  outbreaks;Ebola virus

Major or massive cases

Year	Country	Virus	Human affection count	Human death count	Case fatality rate	Description
1976	Sudan	SUDV	284	151	53%	Occurred in Nzara, Maridi and surrounding areas between June and November 1976. Mainly spread by personal contact in hospitals. Many medical care personnel were infected.
1976	Zaire	EBOV	318	280	88%	Main article: Yambuku § Ebola outbreak Occurred in Yambuku and surrounding areas in August. Spread by personal contact and use of contaminated needles and syringes in hospitals/clinics.
1979	Sudan	SUDV	34	22	65%	Occurred in Nzara, Maridi. Recurrent outbreak at the same site as the 1976 Sudan epidemic.
1994	Gabon	EBOV	52	31	60%	Occurred in Mékouka and other gold-mining camps deep in the rain forest. Thought to be yellow fever until 1995.
1995	Zaire	EBOV	315	254	81%	Occurred in Kikwit and surrounding areas. Traced to index case-patient who worked in forest adjoining the city. Epidemic spread through families and hospitals.
1996	Gabon	EBOV	37	21	57%	Occurred in Mayibout area between January and April. A chimpanzee found dead in the forest was eaten by people hunting for food. Nineteen people who were involved in the butchery of the animal became ill; other cases occurred in family members.
1996–1997	Gabon	EBOV	60	45	75%	Occurred in Booué area with transport of patients to Libreville between July 1996 and January 1997. Index case-patient was a hunter who lived in a forest camp. Disease was spread by close contact with infected persons. A dead chimpanzee found in the forest at the time was determined to be infected.
2000–2001	Uganda	SUDV	425	224	53%	Occurred in Gulu, Masindi, and Mbarara districts of Uganda. The three greatest risks associated with Sudan virus infection were attending funerals of case-patients, having contact with case-patients in one's family, and providing medical care to case-patients without using adequate personal protective measures.
2001–2002	Gabon  Republic of the Congo	EBOV	122	96	79%	Occurred over the border of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo between October 2001 and July 2002. First reported occurrence of Ebola virus disease in the Republic of the Congo.
2002–2003	Republic of the Congo	EBOV	143	128	90%	Occurred in the districts of Mbomo and Kéllé in Cuvette Ouest Département between December 2002 and April 2003.
2003	Republic of the Congo	EBOV	35	29	83%	Occurred in Mbomo and Mbandza villages located in Mbomo district, Cuvette Ouest Département, between November and December.
2004	Sudan	SUDV	17	7	41%	Occurred in Yambio county in Western Equatoria of southern Sudan. This outbreak was concurrent with an outbreak of measles in the same area, and several suspected EVD cases were later reclassified as measles cases.
2007	Democratic Republic of the Congo	EBOV	264	187	71%	Occurred in Kasai-Occidental Province. The outbreak was declared over on November 20. Last confirmed case on October 4 and last death on October 10.
2007–2008	Uganda	BDBV	149	37	25%	First recognition of BDBV. Occurred inBundibugyo District in western Uganda between December 2007 and January 2008
2008–2009	Democratic Republic of the Congo	EBOV	32	14	45%	Occurred in the Mweka and Luebo health zones of the Province of Kasai-Occidentalbetween December 2008 and February 2009
2012	Uganda	SUDV	24	17	71%	Occurred in the Kibaale District between June and August.
2012	Democratic Republic of the Congo	BDBV	77	36	47%	Occurred in Province Orientale between June and November.
2013–present	Widespread:  Liberia  Sierra Leone  Guinea Limited and local:  Nigeria  Mali  United States  Senegal  Spain  United Kingdom	EBOV	21,364	8,459	71%	Main article: Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa The most severe Ebola outbreak recorded in regards to both the number of human cases and fatalities began in Guéckédou, Guinea, in December 2013, and spread abroad where it is still ongoing.
2014	Democratic Republic of the Congo	EBOV	66	49	74%	Main article: 2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus outbreak Occurred in Equateur Province. Outbreak detected 24 August and according to the WHO, as of 28 October 2014 twenty days had passed since the last reported case was discharged and no new contacts were being followed.Declared over on 15 November 2014.

Minor or single cases[edit]

Year	Country	Virus	Human cases	Human deaths	Description
1976	United Kingdom	SUDV or EBOV	1	0	Laboratory infection by accidental stick of contaminated needle.
1977	Zaire	EBOV	1	1	Noted retroactively in the village of Tandala.[
1989–1990	Philippines	RESTV	3	0	High mortality among crab-eating macaques in a primate facility responsible for exporting animals in the USA. Three workers in the facility developed antibodies but did not get sick.
1989	United States	RESTV	0	0	RESTV was introduced into quarantine facilities in Virginia and Pennsylvania by monkeys imported from the Philippines. No human cases.
1990	United States	RESTV	4	0	RESTV was introduced into quarantine facilities in Virginia and Texas by monkeys imported from the Philippines. Four humans developed antibodies but did not get sic
1992	Italy	RESTV	0	0	RESTV was introduced into quarantine facilities in Siena by monkeys imported from the same facility in the Philippines as the 1989 and 1990 US outbreaks. No human cases.
1994	Côte d'Ivoire	TAFV	1	0	First and thus far only recognition of TAFV. Approximately one week after conducting necropsies on infected western chimpanzees in Taï National Park, a scientist contracted the virus and developed symptoms similar to those of dengue fever. She was discharged from a Swiss hospital two weeks later, and fully recovered after six weeks.
1996	South Africa	EBOV	2	1	A medical professional traveled from Gabon to Johannesburg, South Africa, in October 1996 after having treated Ebola virus-infected patients. He was hospitalized, and the nurse that took care of him became infected and died.
1996	United States	RESTV	0	0	RESTV was introduced into a quarantine facility in Texas by monkeys imported from the same facility in the Philippines as the 1989 and 1990 US outbreaks. No human cases.
1996	Philippines	RESTV	0	0	RESTV was identified at a monkey export facility in the Philippines. No human cases.
1996	Russia	EBOV	1	1	Laboratory contamination.
2004	Russia	EBOV	1	1	Laboratory contamination.
2008	Philippines	RESTV	6	0	First recognition of RESTV in pigs. Strain closely similar to earlier strains. Occurred in November. Six workers from the pig farm and slaughterhouse developed antibodies but did not become sick.