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What Is Bundibugyo? The rare ebola strain with no vaccine

A rare Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC's Ituri province has spread to Uganda. With no approved vaccine or treatment, health officials are monitoring the cross-border spread of thi...

Ebola outbreak draws attention to longstanding virus spillover risks in western Uganda

KAMPALA — In the hills and trading centers of western Uganda, bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities are racing to limit the spread of Bundibugyo ebolavirus, a rar...

Rare Ebola-causing Bundibugyo virus is uniquely challenging to treat. Here’s why

Bundibugyo virus is an uncommon species of Ebola-causing virus that has been linked to only two other known outbreaks

Bundibugyo virus: A rare type of Ebola, causing an outbreak in Congo

The species of Ebola virus causing an outbreak in Congo that has killed nearly 120 people is less common than other Ebola viruses, which is complicating the response because there...

Clinical trials begin in DRC epicenter of Bundibugyo strain of Ebola

Clinical trials for treatments targeting the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus disease began on July 2 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The goal is to develop a standard tre...

Ugandans rue link to Bundibugyo, the Ebola virus type named after a district of cocoa farmers

Bundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola.

What to know about the Bundibugyo virus, form of Ebola causing an outbreak in Congo

The virus causing an outbreak in Congo suspected of killing more than 200 people is less common than others that cause Ebola disease, which is complicating the response because the...

A Rare Ebola Virus Is Spreading in Central Africa — What To Know About the Bundibugyo Strain

Learn about the Bundibugyo ebolavirus that is behind the current outbreak in the DRC.

Ebola Outbreak: What to Know About Bundibugyo Virus Symptoms and Spread

Here’s what to know about the symptoms and spread of the virus, which has sickened people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

What do we know about the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus?

The World Health Organization has declared the current Ebola outbreak – so far limited to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda – a public health emergency of internation...

Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Updates

Track the evolving Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda: case counts, deaths, cross-border spread, and the latest WHO response and risk levels

Hawaiʻi DOH monitoring Ebola, Hantavirus outbreaks

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health is actively monitoring an outbreak of Bundigbugyo virus, a strain of Ebola virus, that is occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

Africa: WHO Adds First Diagnostic Test for Ebola Bundibugyo Virus to Its Emergency Use Listing

[WHO] Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has added the first molecular diagnostic test for Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) to its Emergency Use Listing (EUL). The test detects the...

Deadly Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak in Congo Becomes Third Largest in History

According to the United Nations, the Ebola outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has lasted only a few weeks, yet the total number of infections...

Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo highlights challenge of containing rare strain

Nita Bharti, associate professor of biology at Penn State, studies Ebola and says the death toll is probably much higher than we currently believe because it took longer to identif...

Congo-Kinshasa: Epidemic Coalition Focuses on Bundibugyo Ebola Vaccine

[allAfrica] The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been labelled the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, not only among the previous Bundibugyo...

Italy health officials activate surveillance plan in response to Ebola outbreak

Increased surveillance measures for passengers returning to Italian airports from DRC and Uganda. Italy has introduced enhanced health surveillance measures in response to the out...

Internationale noodsituatie na ebola-uitbraak: ‘Er bestaat gewoon nog geen vaccin tegen het Bundibugyo-virus’

Uganda: Ugandans Question WHO Over 'Ebola Bundibugyo' Naming

[Nile Post] A fresh debate has erupted in Uganda over the naming of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus strain, with diplomats, journalists, and sections of the public questioning why a dea...

Uganda closes its border with Congo, where suspected cases of rare Ebola type are surging

The measure, which goes against the guidance by the World Health Organization, underscores growing fears of contagion in East Africa from Bundibugyo, a rare type of the Ebola virus...

'Deeply concerned: WHO raises red flag over 'scale and speed' of Ebola outbreak

A severe Ebola outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, has claimed 130 lives with over 500 suspected cases. The World Health Organization warns of high risk to neighboring...

Ebola case confirmed in rebel-held Congo area far from outbreak's epicentre

The WHO has declared the outbreak of the virus's Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no vaccine, a public health emergency of international concern.

Growing health crisis crosses borders as cases surge, global response intensifies

A growing Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus has infected at least 134 people and killed 18 across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, according to the Worl...

Vaccines for Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak are being developed, but none are ready yet

A decade after Ebola vaccines changed outbreak response, a new epidemic in central Africa is caused by a strain the world never fully prepared for