Ebola outbreak detection and response since 2013
Lee M. Hampton, Francisco J. Luquero, Alejandro Costa, Anaïs Legand, Pierre Formenty
Abstract
The 2022 Sudan virus disease (SVD) outbreak in Uganda is the latest reported outbreak caused by an Ebola virus species, and highlights the importance of the continued development and deployment of new tools (diagnostic tests, vaccines, and therapeutics) as part of a multifaceted approach to controlling such outbreaks. Since the start of the 2013–16 west Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, 12 outbreaks caused by an Ebola virus have been reported (appendix).1–6 The interval from the onset of symptoms in the case index to confirmation of the outbreak exceeded 33 days in only three outbreaks: the west Africa EVD outbreak, the 2018–20 EVD outbreak in north Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the 2022 Uganda SVD outbreak.