1976 Zaire Ebola outbreak

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1976_Zaire_Ebola_outbreak

GPTKB entity

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