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Location of Liberia in Africa. An epidemic of Ebola virus disease occurred in Liberia from 2014 to 2016, along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Sierra Leone. The first cases of virus were reported by late March 2014. [2] The Ebola virus, a biosafety level four pathogen, is an RNA virus discovered in 1976.
On March 11, cases topped 24,300 while deaths surpassed 10,000. [227] On March 20, Liberia records its first case of Ebola in more than two weeks. [228] On April 1, cases exceeded 25,000 while deaths neared 10,500. [229] On May 1, cases were over 26,300 while deaths reached 10,900.
Western African Ebola epidemic. Note: current estimates suggest that between 17 percent and 70 percent of Ebola cases were unreported, [11] suggesting a total number of cases between 34,513 and 94,486. The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history.
In March 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a major Ebola outbreak in Guinea, a western African nation, [1] the disease then rapidly spread to the neighboring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone with smaller outbreaks occurring in Senegal, Nigeria, and Mali; the resulting West African Ebola virus epidemic is the largest Ebola outbreak (cases and deaths) ever documented.
The 2014–16 Ebola epidemic — the largest since Ebola was discovered in 1976 — resulted in more than 28,000 cases and 11,000 deaths, mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
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Ebola virus disease in the U.S. Map of Ebola cases and infrastructure throughout the U.S. Cases contracted in the U.S. 2: Cases first diagnosed in U.S. 4 [note 1] Cases evacuated to U.S. from other countries: 7 [1] Total cases: 11 [note 2] Deaths: 2 [2] Recoveries from Ebola: 9 [note 2] Active cases: 0
318. 280. 88%. Main article: 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak. Occurred in Yambuku and surrounding areas in what was then Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC). It spread through personal contact and by use of contaminated needles and syringes in hospitals and clinics. [19] Aug–Sep 1979. Sudan.