Uganda Successfully Ends Sudan Ebola Virus Outbreak

On January 11, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Uganda had successfully declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan Ebola virus.
This was Uganda’s first Sudan Ebola Virus outbreak in a decade and its fifth overall.
There are five subtypes of Ebola viruses: Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Tai Forest (formerly known as Côte d’Ivoire), and Reston, each named after the location in which it was first identified.
The first three subtypes have been associated with large EVD outbreaks in Africa. The Reston subtype is found in the USA and although it is highly pathogenic in nonhuman primates, it is not known to cause illness in humans.
In addition to Ebola virus, there is one other member of the Filovirus family, known as Marburg virus (named after the city in Germany in which it was first discovered), that also causes hemorrhagic fever.

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