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. 2021 Aug 6:1–27. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-89777-8.00011-7

Table 1–4.

Chronology of previous ebola virus disease outbreaks.

Year Country EVD Cases Deaths Case fatality
2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire Ongoing
2018–20 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 3481 2299 66%
2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 54 33 61%
2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 8 4 50%
2015 Italy Zaire 1 0 0%
2014 Spain Zaire 1 0 0%
2014 United Kingdom Zaire 1 0 0%
2014 United States Zaire 4 1 25%
2014 Senegal Zaire 1 0 0%
2014 Mali Zaire 8 6 75%
2014 Nigeria Zaire 20 8 40%
2014–16 Sierra Leone Zaire 14,124* 3956* 28%
2014–16 Liberia Zaire 10,675* 4809* 45%
2014–16 Guinea Zaire 3811* 2543* 67%
2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo
2012 Democratic Republic of the Congo Bundibugyo 57 29 51%
2012 Uganda Sudan 7 4 57%
2012 Uganda Sudan 24 17 71%
2011 Uganda Sudan 1 1 100%
2008 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 32 14 44%
2007 Uganda Bundibugyo 149 37 25%
2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 264 187 71%
2005 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 12 10 83%
2004 Sudan Sudan 17 7 41%
2003 (Nov-Dec) Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 35 29 83%
2003 (Jan-Apr) Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 143 128 90%
2001–02 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 59 44 75%
2001–02 Gabon Zaire 65 53 82%
2000 Uganda Sudan 425 224 53%
1996 South Africa (ex-Gabon) Zaire 1 1 100%
1996 (Jul-Dec) Gabon Zaire 60 45 75%
1996 (Jan-Apr) Gabon Zaire 31 21 68%
1995 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 315 254 81%
1994 Côte d’Ivoire Taï Forest 1 0 0%
1994 Gabon Zaire 52 31 60%
1979 Sudan Sudan 34 22 65%
1977 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 1 1 100%
1976 Sudan Sudan 284 151 53%
1976 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire 318 280 88%

Source: Ebola virus disease, World Health Organization, 10 February 2020, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ebola-virus-disease.