Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Abstract

The current EVD outbreak in the DRC has clinical and epidemiologic characteristics that are similar to those of previous EVD outbreaks in equatorial Africa. The causal agent is a local EBOV variant, and this outbreak has a zoonotic origin different from that in the 2014 epidemic in West Africa. (Funded by the Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville and others.).

After Ebola in West Africa — Unpredictable Risks, Preventable Epidemics

“…13 In any event, the magnitude of R 0 estimates for West Africa, calculated at an early stage of the epidemic, indicated that a sustained reduction in transmission of more than 50% (i.e., by a factor of more than 2) would be enough to eliminate infection from the human population. Even during a large epidemic, the elimination of Ebola virus from the human population is a feasible goal.…”

Lessons about Causes and Management of an Ebola Outbreak

“…1 Secondly, the seventh reported outbreak of EVD in the Democratic Republic of Congo was less extended because the response was faster and more effective in this country and its neighbours. 16 …”

Sparks creating light? Strengthening peripheral disease surveillance in the Democratic Republic of Congo

“…For example, 11% of Plasmodium falciparum-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa occur in the DRC, 10 and the country experienced its seventh Ebola outbreak in August 2014. 11 …”