Outbreak of Ebola virus disease (Sudan ebolavirus) in Central Uganda

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network
  
  October 6, 2022, 10:45 AM ET
  
  CDCHAN-00477
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory about a recently confirmed outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Uganda caused by Sudan virus (species Sudan ebolavirus) to summarize CDC’s recommendations for U.S. public health departments and clinicians, case identification and testing, and clinical laboratory biosafety considerations. No suspected, probable, or confirmed EVD cases related to this outbreak have yet been reported in the United States. However, as a precaution and to remind clinicians about best practices, CDC is communicating with public health departments, public health laboratories, and healthcare workers in the United States to raise awareness of this outbreak.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
• Source:
  HAN ; 477
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  Uganda
• Issue:
  477
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a3718623c1ba8b6bcaf5442dd0a8d150db30be46c705248562aec067d2b3853d9bf35687a17bcb6ad9d65931cb461c6b8f99aef6f9735074083b7d3dcd0696ac
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122285/cdc_122285_DS1.pdf
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