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Ebola: Outbreaks
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In late 2002, an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever was reported in the north of the Republic of Congo on the border with Gabon. By late February 2003, 80 cases have been reported in northern Congo, including 64 deaths. Most of the cases (72 ill with 59 deaths) are in the district of Kéllé. The human infections coincided with a large-scale die-off of great apes in the region.
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Ebola has sharply affected tourism in the countries where it is present, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (�TED Case Study�). Other countries that have been hard hit include Uganda, where an outbreak in 2000 stifled its waning tourism industry (Busharizi). Ebola has ... made countries like Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan to lose revenue through the loss of people who would have been able to work and benefit their nation's economy. For example, many health workers' lives have been lost because they became sick in hospitals due to inadequate sanitation procedures. It is unknown how much money exactly was lost through these deaths (Busharizi).
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Between June and November 1976, the Ebola virus infected 284 people in Sudan, causing 151 deaths. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there were 318 cases and 280 deaths in September and October. An isolated case occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1977, and there was another outbreak in Sudan in 1979 (33 cases, including 22 deaths).
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Previous outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever have been successfully controlled by isolating sick persons. Those who care for these patients must wear masks, gowns and gloves; needles and syringes must be carefully sterilized; and wastes and corpses must be disposed of properly.
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Almost all confirmed cases of Ebola from 1976 to 2002 have been in Africa. In the latest outbreak, which has been ongoing since late in 2001, 54 people have died in the Gabon as of February of 2002. In the past, one individual in Liberia presented immunological evidence of exposure to Ebola, but had no symptoms. As well, a laboratory worker in England developed Ebola fever as a result of a laboratory accident in which the worker was punctured by an Ebola-containing needle.
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In Gabon, Ebola haemorrhagic fever was first documented in 1994 (19 cases including 9 deaths). Successive outbreaks occurred in February (37 cases including 21 deaths) and July of 1996 (60 cases including 45 deaths).
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