Yambuku is a small village in
Mongala Province in northern
Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the center of the first documented outbreak of
Ebola virus disease
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after becom ...
, in 1976, with the
World Health Organization identifying a man from Yambuku as the
index case. It is northeast of the capital city of
Kinshasa.
During the
1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak
In August–November 1976, an outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurred in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The first recorded case was from Yambuku, a small village in Mongala District, northeast of the capital city of Kinshas ...
, the village had no running water or electricity. The village had a hospital but no radio, phone, or ambulances, and communication was by motorbike messenger.
See also
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Western African Ebola virus epidemic
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Zaire ebolavirus
References
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Populated places in Mongala
Ebola