Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, May 2026

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• Alternative Title:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Vol. 75, No. 22, June 11, 2026: Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, May 2026
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Zomahoun, Delayo L. ; Boyd, Mary Adetinuke ; Honein, Margaret A. ; Montgomery, Joel M. ; Zielinski-Gutierrez, Emily ; Meites, Elissa ; Christie, Athalia ; Pillai, Satish K.
• Corporate Authors:
  CDC 2026 Ebola Response
• Description:
  Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) is a type of Ebola disease, a severe and often fatal viral hemorrhagic fever (1). Bundibugyo virus was first identified in 2007, when it caused an outbreak in Uganda with 149 suspected cases and 37 deaths (2). A 2012 BVD outbreak in DRC resulted in 56 laboratory-confirmed cases and 17 deaths (3). On May 15, 2026, the ministries of health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda declared outbreaks of BVD. As of June 2, a total of 378 confirmed cases and 63 confirmed deaths have been reported.
• Subjects:
  Animals Disease Outbreaks Disease Outbreaks / Prevention & Control Disease Outbreaks / Statistics & Numerical Data Ebolavirus Ebolavirus / Isolation & Purification Epidemiological Models Forecasting Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Prevention & Control Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Transmission Humans Mortality Zoonoses

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• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7522e3
• ISSN:
  1545-861X (online) ; 0149-2195 (print)
• Publisher:
  Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Pubmed ID:
  42275261
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC13257930
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Uganda ; United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  Office of Science (OS)
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions ; Global Health
• Location:
  Africa ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  75
• Issue:
  22
• Citation:
  Suggested citation for this article: Zomahoun DL, Boyd MA, Honein MA, et al. Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus — Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, May 2026. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2026;75:293–294. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7522e3
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  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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