1976 Zaire Ebola outbreak

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1976_Zaire_Ebola_outbreak
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb: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
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 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1976 Zaire Ebola outbreak