Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo – update
18 September 2012 - As of 15 September 2012, 46 cases (14 laboratory confirmed, 32 probable) with Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Of these 19 have been fatal (6 confirmed, 13 probable).The cases reported are from two health zones of Isiro and Viadana in Haut-Uélé district in Province Orientale. Additionally, 26 suspected cases have been reported and are being investigated.
The MoH continues to work with partners to control the outbreak. Active epidemiological investigation is being done to identify all possible chains of transmission of the illness, and ensure that appropriate measures are immediately taken to interrupt the transmission, and stop the outbreak.
A National Task Force convened by the MoH is working with partners including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), US Agency for International Development (USAID), US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and WHO, to control the outbreak.
WHO and the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) are providing support by deploying experts to the field to work with partners in the areas of coordination, infection prevention and control (IPC), surveillance, epidemiology, public information and social mobilization, anthropological analysis and logistics for outbreak response.
With respect to this event, WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to the DRC.
General information on Ebola subtypesThere are five identified subtypes of Ebola virus. The subtypes have been named after the location they have been first detected in Ebola outbreaks. Three subtypes of the five have been associated with large Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreaks in Africa. Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan and Ebola-Bundibugyo. EHF is a febrile haemorrhagic illness which causes death in 25-90% of all cases. The Ebola Reston species, found in the Philippines, can infect humans, but no illness or death in humans has been reported to date.
刚果民主共和国埃博拉疫情—最新简报
2012年9月18日 - 截至2012年9月15日，刚果民主共和国报告发生了46例（14例实验室确诊，32例可能）埃博拉出血热病例。其中，有19例死亡病例（6例确诊，13例可能病例）。
报告发生的病例出自东方省上韦累区的伊西罗和维亚达纳两个卫生区。此外，已报告发生了26例疑似病例，正在对此展开调查。
卫生部继续与合作伙伴合作，控制本次疫情。正积极开展流行病学调查，确定该病所有可能的传播链，并确保立即采取适当措施，阻断疾病传播，并阻止本次疫情。
由卫生部召集的一个国家工作组正在与包括无国界医生组织、红十字会与红新月会国际联合会、美国国际开发署、美国疾病控制和预防中心、联合国儿童基金会和世卫组织在内的合作伙伴合作，控制这一疫情。
世卫组织和全球疫情警报和反应网络（GOARN）正在提供支持，向现场派出了专家，在协调、感染预防和控制、监测、流行病学、公共信息和社会动员、人类学分析和疫情应对后勤事务方面与合作伙伴开展合作。
就本次事件而言，世卫组织不建议对刚果民主共和国实行任何旅行或者贸易限制。
关于埃博拉亚型病毒的一般情况
埃博拉病毒具有五种经过确认的亚型。病毒亚型是根据首次发现埃博拉疫情的地点命名的。这五种亚型中，有三种与非洲出现的大型埃博拉出血热疫情有关，即埃博拉扎伊尔型、埃博拉苏丹型和埃博拉本迪布焦型。埃博拉出血热是一种发热性出血疾病，可使所有病例中25%-90％的病例丧命。埃博拉莱斯顿种属见于菲律宾，并可感染人类，但迄今为止尚未报告发生过人间患病或死亡情况。
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