Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Reemerging Sudan Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda, 2011

Trevor Shoemaker, Adam MacNeil

, Stephen Balinandi, Shelley Campbell, Joseph Francis Wamala, Laura K. McMullan, Robert Downing, Julius Lutwama, Edward Mbidde, Ute Ströher, Pierre E. Rollin, and Stuart T. Nichol

Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Entebbe, Uganda (T. Shoemaker, S. Balinandi, R. Downing); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A. MacNeil, S. Campbell, L.K. McMullan, U. Ströher, P.E. Rollin, S.T. Nichol); Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda (J.F. Wamala); and Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe (J. Lutwama, E. Mbidde)

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Timeline of Sudan Ebola virus outbreak, Uganda 2011, showing key events in the investigation and response. Also shown are the dates on which EHF was ruled out in other suspected cases by laboratory testing at the CDC/UVRI laboratory in Entebbe. EHF, Ebola hemorrhagic fever; CDC/UVRI, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Uganda/Uganda Virus Research Institute collaborative laboratory; CDC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC/UVRI, US Centers for Disease Control and Preven

Figure 2. . . Timeline of Sudan Ebola virus outbreak, Uganda 2011, showing key events in the investigation and response. Also shown are the dates on which EHF was ruled out in other suspected cases by laboratory testing at the CDC/UVRI laboratory in Entebbe. EHF, Ebola hemorrhagic fever; CDC/UVRI, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Uganda/Uganda Virus Research Institute Collaborative Laboratory; CDC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières.

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