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1976 Zaire Ebola outbreak
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1976_Zaire_Ebola_outbreak
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
Ebola virus disease outbreak
gptkbp:affectedPopulation
villagers in Yambuku and surrounding areas
gptkbp:associatedWith
gptkb:Ebola_virus_disease
gptkbp:endDate
1976-10-20
gptkbp:epidemiologicalSignificance
source of Ebola virus name
gptkbp:firstIdentifiedBy
gptkb:Peter_Piot
gptkbp:hospitalInvolved
gptkb:Yambuku_Mission_Hospital
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1976 Zaire Ebola outbreak
gptkbp:isStrainOf
gptkb:Zaire_ebolavirus
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
Zaire
Yambuku
gptkbp:mortalityRate
88%
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Ebola_River
gptkbp:notableFor
first recorded Ebola outbreak
gptkbp:notableVictim
nuns at Yambuku Mission Hospital
gptkbp:numberOfCases
318
gptkbp:response
gptkb:World_Health_Organization
Zaire Ministry of Health
gptkbp:spreadTo
contact with bodily fluids
reuse of contaminated needles
gptkbp:startDate
1976-08-26
gptkbp:symptom
fever
vomiting
diarrhea
hemorrhaging
gptkbp:transmission
human-to-human
nosocomial infection
gptkbp:victim
280
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Ebola_outbreak
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6