Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone | Ebola virus disease update
In this update and subsequent ones, the terminology Ebola haemorrhagic fever will be replaced by Ebola virus disease (EVD) in line with the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). Therefore,...
View ArticleWest Africa | More cases and deaths in Ebola virus disease outbreak
Guinea Between 14 and 16 June 2014, a total of 7 new cases and 5 new deaths were reported from Gueckedou (4 cases and 5 deaths) and Boffa (3 cases and 0 deaths). This brings the cumulative number of...
View ArticleWest Africa | Ebola outbreak a serious concern as viral transmissions...
Epidemiology and surveillance The evolution of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia remains a serious concern as primary and secondary viral transmissions continue to...
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Global | Updated Rapid Risk Assessment on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa...
ECDC has updated its Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) on the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa given the accelerating spread of the outbreak. The RRA summarises the known epidemiological...
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Europe | ECDC epidemiological update: outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West...
Since December 2013 and as of 7 September 2014, 4 388 cases of Ebola Virus disease (EVD), including 2 226 deaths have been reported by WHO. This is the first outbreak of EVD in West Africa and it is...
View ArticleEurope | ECDC releases case definition for Ebola virus disease
A case definition for reporting cases of Ebola virus disease in the EU has been released by ECDC. The definition aims to classify cases for epidemiological reporting and not to guide investigation or...
View ArticleMali | Two new cases of Ebola virus disease confirmed
Mali’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an additional 2 new cases of Ebola virus disease. The first, confirmed on 22 November, occurred in the 23-year-old fiancée of the 25-year-old nurse who attended...
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