5 days ago · The Ebola vaccine licensed in the United States (ERVEBO®) is indicated for preventing Ebola disease due to Ebola virus (species Orthoebolavirus zairense) only, and based on studies in animals, is not expected to protect against Sudan virus or other orthoebolaviruses. There is currently no FDA-approved treatment for SVD, but there are therapies ...

Sudan virus (SUDV) is one of six known viruses within the genus Ebolavirus and one of the four that causes Ebola virus disease (EVD) in humans and other primates; it is the sole member of the species Sudan ebolavirus.

4 days ago · There have been seven previous outbreaks of the Sudan ebolavirus, with four occurring in Uganda and three in Sudan. In 2019, Uganda country experienced an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) caused by Zaire ebolavirus following imported cases from neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo which was battling a large epidemic in its north ...

May 6, 2024 · Ebola outbreaks have occurred throughout western and central Africa. The Ebola virus, Sudan virus, and Bundibugyo virus are the three viruses responsible for most large outbreaks in Africa. The Ebola virus is the deadliest and without treatment, up …

Feb 4, 2025 · Uganda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak in the country that has killed one person and infected two others. The first patient, a...

On 11 January 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Uganda declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) that affected nine out of 146 districts: Bunyangabu, Jinja, Kagadi, Kampala, Kassanda, Kyegegwa, Masaka, Mubende, and Wakiso.

Cases (confirmed and probable) and deaths (confirmed) of Ebola disease caused by SUDV by date of illness onset, as of 7 November 2022. Graph re-produced using data reported in the Ministry of Health Uganda and WHO Situation Reports

Feb 4, 2025 · Uganda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak in the country that has killed one person and infected two others. The first patient, a...

The current outbreak is the first Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan virus in Uganda since 2012. In the absence of licensed vaccines and therapeutics for prevention and treatment of Sudan virus disease, the risk of potential serious public health impact is high.

4 days ago · Sudan virus disease is a type of Ebola disease, and the current outbreak is the ninth to have occurred since the virus was first identified in southern Sudan in June 1976. Although no licensed vaccine exists, a trial of a new vaccine has already been launched, while a trial of a therapeutic monoclonal antibody is expected to start within days. ...