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Ebola virus disease (EVD) update: to 01JAN2019

Posted onJanuary 3, 2019January 3, 2019

This is a brief Ebola virus disease (EVD) update of the latest number of people infected with, vaccinated against disease due to and killed as a result of, Ebola virus Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Ebola virus disease, snapdate

No, it isn’t time to cede the field to endemic Ebola virus disease in the DRC

Posted onNovember 21, 2018November 22, 20181 Comment

A few weeks ago, the Director of the CDC made comments to the mainstream media raising the spectre of endemic Ebola virus disease, or an ongoing, permanent infection in the Read More …

CategoriesCommunication, Ebola virusTagsDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease

Minding the gap: looking at numbers early in an outbreak

Posted onAugust 15, 2018August 25, 20182 Comments

The second Ebola virus disease for 2018 continues to unfold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nearly two weeks have passed since the official announcement of the outbreak by the Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsControl gap, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease, epidemiology, Equateur Province, EVD, Ituri Province, North Kivu Province

SNAPDATE: Ebola virus numbers

Posted onAugust 8, 2018August 25, 2018

The latest Ebola virus disease (EVD) figures of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ministry of Health (MOH) are out and I’ve plotted them below. The important numbers remain Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsDemocratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ebola virus disease, EVD, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Update

Ebola virus disease numbers from a double-province outbreak

Posted onAugust 5, 2018August 6, 20182 Comments

In spectacularly rapid fashion, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has started it’s daily, very detailed, Ebola virus disease updates to cover the case details and Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Ebola virus disease, Zaire ebolavirus

Mapping Ebola in the hobbyist zone…

Posted onMay 21, 2018May 22, 201818 Comments

One of the most important parts of an early understanding of the risks attached to an infectious disease outbreak is knowing where it is. Which country? What part of the Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Ebola virus disease, epidemiology, EVD, Maps, WHO

New Ebola virus disease case confirmed in a third DRC health zone

Posted onMay 17, 2018May 17, 2018

UPDATE #1 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced that 1 of 2 suspected EVD cases in the Wangata Health Zone has tested positive for Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsconfirmed, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ebola virus disease, epidemiology, EVD, spread

Ebola numbers rise a little…

Posted onMay 14, 20181 Comment

According to a new Situation Report from the World Health Organisation,[6] the case numbers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo outbreak are now…. Total suspected+probable+confirmed: 39 This includes: 2 Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsDRC, ebola, Ebola virus disease, epidemiology, EVD, SitRep

Early in an outbreak, everything is questions…

Posted onMay 13, 2018May 13, 2018

Nothing is clear during the early days of an outbreak of Ebola virus. Nothing is usually clear in the early days of an outbreak of any infectious disease. Numbers, the source of Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsDemocratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease, EVD, Outbreak Communication

Zooming in on the latest Ebola virus disease (EVD) hotzone…

Posted onMay 10, 2018May 11, 2018

UPDATE #1., #2 The image to the side is freely available to download from here or from figshare (CC BT 4.0 license and a DOI) alongside with yesterday’s images gets us a little Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsDemocratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease, EVD, map

Ebola virus disease outbreak in the DRC

Posted onMay 9, 2018May 11, 20182 Comments

UPDATE #1, #2 The World Health Organization has reported that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (f. Zaire) has declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD). The announcement follows laboratory Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsDemocratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease, EVD, outbreaks

Ebola virus disease over in the DRC….

Posted onJuly 9, 2017August 30, 2017

Another year, another outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) overcome in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the help of a mix of expert local skill and knowledge, isolation Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsDemocratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease

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