Zaire ebolavirus
31 documented outbreaks of Zaire ebolavirus. 14821 reported deaths. Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) licensed since 2019; ring vaccination is the standard outbreak response.
Summary
- Documented outbreaks: 31
- Confirmed cases (sum): 33744
- Reported deaths (sum): 14821
- Aggregate CFR: 44%
Vaccine status
Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) licensed since 2019; ring vaccination is the standard outbreak response.
Outbreaks
- 1976 — CD — First documented Ebola virus disease outbreak, Yambuku, DRC
- 1977 — CD — Single retrospective Zaire ebolavirus case, Tandala
- 1994 — GA — First Gabon Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, gold-mining camps
- 1995 — CD — Kikwit Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, DRC
- 1996 — GA — Mayibout Zaire ebolavirus outbreak from chimpanzee carcass
- 1996 — RU — Russian laboratory acquired Zaire ebolavirus infection
- 1996 — GA — Booué outbreak with cross-border export to South Africa
- 2001 — GA — Mékambo Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, Gabon and Republic of Congo border
- 2002 — CG — Mbomo Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, Republic of Congo
- 2003 — CG — Second Mbomo Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, RoC
- 2004 — RU — VECTOR Institute laboratory Zaire ebolavirus death
- 2007 — CD — Mweka-Luebo Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, DRC
- 2008 — CD — Second Luebo Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, DRC
- 2009 — DE — Hamburg laboratory Zaire ebolavirus needlestick exposure
- 2013 — GN — West Africa Zaire ebolavirus epidemic (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone)
- 2014 — NG — Lagos Ebola importation from Liberia, Nigeria
- 2014 — ES — Madrid Ebola cases via medical evacuation
- 2014 — CD — Boende Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, DRC (distinct from West Africa)
- 2014 — SN — Single Ebola importation, Dakar, Senegal
- 2014 — US — Dallas Ebola importation from Liberia
- 2014 — ML — Mali Ebola importation from Guinea
- 2014 — GB — UK Ebola case via medical evacuation, Pauline Cafferkey
- 2015 — IT — Italy Ebola case via medical evacuation
- 2017 — CD — Likati Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, DRC
- 2018 — CD — Bikoro Zaire ebolavirus outbreak — first emergency use of rVSV-ZEBOV ring vaccination
- 2018 — CD — Kivu Zaire ebolavirus epidemic — second-largest in history
- 2020 — CD — Équateur Province Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, DRC
- 2021 — CD — Butembo flare-up linked to 2018–20 Kivu epidemic
- 2021 — GN — Resurgent Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, Nzérékoré, Guinea
- 2022 — CD — Mbandaka Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, DRC
- 2025 — CD — Bulape Zaire ebolavirus outbreak, Kasaï, DRC