11 new cases reported – El Financiero

There is no proven vaccine for the Sudanese strain of Ebola circulating in Uganda.

The Ugandan authorities have documented this Over 1800 positive contacts747 of them had completed 21 days of surveillance for possible symptoms of the disease, which manifests itself as viral hemorrhagic fever, according to the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tracing patient contacts is critical To stop the spread of infectious diseases such as Ebola.

How is Ebola spread?

Ebola is spread by Contact with body fluids of an infected person or with contaminant. Its symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aches, and sometimes external and internal bleeding.

Scientists have not identified the natural reservoir of the virus, although it is suspected that the first victim of the Ebola outbreak became infected through contact with an infected animal or by eating its raw meat. Ugandan authorities continue to investigate the source of the current outbreak.

Uganda has experienced multiple outbreaks of Ebola, including one in 2000 that killed more than 200 people. 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa More than 11,000 people were killedwhich is the largest number of victims of the disease ever recorded.

Ebola It was discovered in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it was identified in a village near the Ebola River from which it was named.