Initial genomes from May 2026 Bundibugyo Virus Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

[sharon sanders]

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Initial genomes from May 2026 Bundibugyo Virus Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

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May 18
1h ago post by arambaut 11 mins ago


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Initial genomes from May 2026 Bundibugyo Virus Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, reveal a new spillover event

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On 15 May 2026, the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare, DR Congo (DRC) officially declared a Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in Ituri province, DRC. This represents 17th Ebola outbreak in DRC and the second Ebola outbreak caused by Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense (BDBV) species. After the 2007 outbreak in Bundibugyo, Uganda, and the 2012 BDV outbreak in Isiro, DRC, the ongoing outbreak is the third documented BDV outbreak.

Concurrently, on 15 May 2026, the Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda confirmed an outbreak of BVD in Kampala, Uganda following the identification of one imported fatal case (a patient who traveled from Bunia, DRC to Kampala, Uganda to seek medical care). WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern on 17 May 2026. Here, we present the phylogenetic tree of initial complete BDBV genomes from samples sequenced at the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) in DRC and Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL) in Uganda.


more.... https://virological.org/t/initial-g...ocratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda/1032
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[sharon sanders]

Please see corresponding news threads:


DRC - 17th/18th Ebola outbreak : Per US CDC May 17 - "reports of 10 confirmed cases, 336 suspected cases incl. 88 deaths" More results pending, Ituri province - May 2026+ - WHO declares a PHEIC​

Uganda - Per US CDC May 17: "2 confirmed cases including 1 death"- May 15+​

 

[sharon sanders]

Also Raj....

 

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