Ebola Outbreak Caused by Sudan virus in Uganda [February 06, 2025, 11:15 AM ET]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  CDCHAN-00521: Summary: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory about a recently confirmed outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda caused by the Sudan virus (species Orthoebolavirus sudanense) and to summarize CDC's recommendations for U.S. public health departments and clinicians about case identification, testing, and biosafety considerations in clinical laboratories.
  
  Currently, no suspected, probable, or confirmed Ebola cases related to this outbreak have been reported in the United States, or outside of Uganda. However, as a precaution and because there are other viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreaks in East Africa, CDC is sharing best practices for public health departments, public health and clinical laboratories, and healthcare workers in the United States to raise awareness about this outbreak.
  
  On February 5, 2025, CDC issued a Travel Health Notice Level 2: Practice Enhanced Precautions for people traveling to Uganda. Currently, CDC has not issued any interim recommendations to health departments for post-arrival risk assessment and management of travelers, including U.S.-based healthcare workers, arriving from Uganda. CDC recommends that travelers monitor themselves for symptoms of Sudan virus disease(SVD) while in the outbreak area and for 21 days after leaving. Travelers should also self-isolate and contact local health authorities or a clinician if they develop symptoms (early "dry" symptoms may include fever, aches, pains, and fatigue and later "wet" symptoms may include diarrhea, vomiting, and unexplained bleeding).
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Ebolavirus Emergencies Health Communication Health Personnel Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Epidemiology Travel
• Keywords:
  Advisories Alerts HAN Health Alert Network Orthoebolavirus Sudanense Travel Health Notice Level 2: Practice Enhanced Precautions Updates
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Advisory
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  Sudan ; Uganda
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  Office of Emergency Risk Communication (OERC)
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Issue:
  521
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
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