UKHSA Health Protection Briefing Note 2025/008 Outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus in Uganda
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A case of Ebola infection caused by Sudan virus (orthoebolavirus sudanense) was confirmed in Kampala, Uganda on 30 January 2025. Uganda’s Ministry of Health have implemented public health measures, including contact tracing. Clinicians should be alert to the possibility of EBOD in unwell patients presenting where there is a history of travel to Uganda, or to other countries where there is a risk of EBOD, or a link to a suspected case, within 21 days before onset of illness.
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