WHO – Ebola Situation Report – 4 November 2015

http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-4-november-2015

• One new confirmed case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) was reported from Guinea in the week to 1 November. The case is the newborn child of a 25-year-old woman who was confirmed as a case in the prefecture of Forecariah during the previous week…
• Case incidence has remained at 5 confirmed cases or fewer per week for 14 consecutive weeks…

Country	Case definition	Cumulative cases	Cases in past 21 days	Cumulative deaths
Guinea	Confirmed	3351	7	2083
	Probable	453	*	453
	Suspected	6	*	‡
	Total	3810	7	2536
Liberia§	Confirmed	3151	–	‡
	Probable	1879	–	‡
	Suspected	5636	–	‡
	Total	10 666	–	4806
Liberia**	Confirmed	6	0	2
	Probable	*	*	‡
	Suspected	‡	*	‡
	Total	6	0	2
Sierra Leone	Confirmed	8704	0	3589
	Probable	287	*	208
	Suspected	5098	*	158
	Total	14 089	0	3955
Total	Confirmed	15 212	7	‡
	Probable	2619	*	‡
	Suspected	10 740	*	‡
	Total	28 571	7	11 299

Data are based on official information reported by ministries of health. These numbers are subject to change due to ongoing reclassification, retrospective investigation and availability of laboratory results. *Not reported due to the high proportion of probable and suspected cases that are reclassified. ^‡Data not available. **Cases reported before 9 May 2015 are shaded blue. Due to ongoing surveillance and retrospective validation of cases and deaths, these totals may be subject to revision. Liberia was declared free of Ebola virus transmission in the human population on 3 September 2015, and has now entered a period of heightened surveillance.

WHO – Ebola Situation Report – 30 September 2015

http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-30-september-2015

There were 4 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) reported in the week to 27 September, all in Guinea. Case incidence has remained below 10 cases per week since the end of July this year. Over the same period, transmission of the virus has been geographically confined to several small areas in western Guinea and Sierra Leone, marking a transition to a distinct, third phase of the epidemic

Table 1: Confirmed, probable, and suspected EVD cases in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

Country	Case definition	Cumulative cases	Cases in past 21 days	Cumulative deaths
Guinea	Confirmed	3344	6	2080
	Probable	453	*	453
	Suspected	8	*	‡
	Total	3805	6	2533
Liberia§	Confirmed	3151	–	‡
	Probable	1879	–	‡
	Suspected	5636	–	‡
	Total	10 666	–	4806
Liberia**	Confirmed	6	0	2
	Probable	*	*	‡
	Suspected	‡	*	‡
	Total	6	0	2
Sierra Leone	Confirmed	8704	5	3589
	Probable	287	*	208
	Suspected	4920	*	158
	Total	13 911	5	3955
Total	Confirmed	15 205	11	‡
	Probable	2619	*	‡
	Suspected	10 564	*	‡
	Total	28 388	11	11 296

Data are based on official information reported by ministries of health. These numbers are subject to change due to ongoing reclassification, retrospective investigation and availability of laboratory results.

*Not reported due to the high proportion of probable and suspected cases that are reclassified.

^‡Data not available.

**Cases reported before 9 May 2015 are shaded blue. Due to ongoing surveillance and retrospective validation of cases and deaths, these totals may be subject to revision.

Liberia was declared free of Ebola virus transmission in the human population on 3 September 2015, and has now entered a period of heightened surveillance.  

Note: All data and comments above are verbatim from sitrep site.

WHO – Ebola Situation Report – 20 May 2015

http://apps.who.int/ebola/en/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-20-may-2015

“The week to 17 May saw the highest weekly total of confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) for over a month, with 35 cases reported from Guinea and Sierra Leone. This is a substantial increase compared with 9 cases reported the previous week”.

Country	Case definition	Cumulative cases	Cases in past 21 days	Cumulative deaths
Guinea	Confirmed	3201	43	1988
	Probable	419	*	419
	Suspected	15	*	‡
	Total	3635	43	2407
Liberia§	Confirmed	3151	0	‡
	Probable	1879	*	‡
	Suspected	5636	*	‡
	Total	10 666	0	4806
Sierra Leone	Confirmed	8605	19	3541
	Probable	287	*	208
	Suspected	3740	*	158
	Total	12 632	19	3907
Total	Confirmed	14 957	62	‡
	Probable	2585	*	‡
	Suspected	9391	*	‡
	Total	26 933	62	11 120

Note: Officially, Liberia is still Ebola free.

WHO – The Ebola outbreak in Liberia is over

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2015/liberia-ends-ebola/en/
WHO statement
9 May 2015

Today, 9 May 2015, WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission. Forty-two days have passed since the last laboratory-confirmed case was buried on 28 March 2015. The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia is over.

Interruption of transmission is a monumental achievement for a country that reported the highest number of deaths in the largest, longest, and most complex outbreak since Ebola first emerged in 1976. At the peak of transmission, which occurred during August and September 2014, the country was reporting from 300 to 400 new cases every week.

Note: We await Ebola’s eradication in Sierra Leone and Guinea to finally assess the full impact of Ebola on this region of West Africa and the extent it has provided cover for Anglo-saxon corporate interests.

WHO – Ebola Situation Report – 4 March 2015

http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-4-march-2015

• A total of 132 new confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) were reported in the week to 1 March, an increase on the previous week (99 new cases)…
• Guinea reported 51 new confirmed cases in the week to 1 March, compared with 35 cases the previous week. Cases continue to arise from unknown sources with only 49% of cases arising from registered contacts…
• Sierra Leone reported 81 new confirmed cases from 8 districts in the week to 1 March…
• Liberia has reported no new confirmed cases this week. Contacts from the last known chain of transmission, in the St Paul’s Bridge district of Monrovia, are being

Full WHO – Ebola Situation Report – 4 March 2015

WHO – Ebola Situation summary – 21 Feb 2015

The Ebola situation report tables from 11th and 18th Feb 2015 have the same data from the 8th Feb 2015.
The figures below were compiled from WHO data summaries:
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.ebola-sitrep.ebola-summary-20150220?lang=en

Country	Case definition	Cumulative cases	Cases in past 21 days	Cumulative deaths
Guinea	Confirmed	2758		1699 (61.6%)
	Probable	387	*	387
	Suspected	10	*	‡
	Total	3155		2086 (66.1%)
Liberia	Confirmed	3153
	Probable	1888	*	‡
	Suspected	4188	*	‡
	Total	9229		4032(43.7%)
Sierra Leone	Confirmed	8223		3057 (37.2%)
	Probable	287	*	208??
	Suspected	2645	*	158??
	Total	11 155		3423 (30.7%)
Total		23 539		9541 (40.5%)

Note: ?? show no change from previous week.  The expectation is that the best practices would be applied in all 3 countries and hence see less disparity in mortality rates. Why the consistent disparity 4 months on?
Figures in (%) are mortality rates.

WHO – Ebola Situation report – 04 Feb 2015

http://apps.who.int/ebola/en/ebola-situation-report/situation-reports/ebola-situation-report-4-february-2015

Country	Case definition	Cumulative cases	Cases in past 21 days	Cumulative deaths
Guinea	Confirmed	2608	89	1597
	Probable	347	*	347
	Suspected	20	*	‡
	Total	2975	89	1944
Liberia	Confirmed	3143	17	‡
	Probable	1870	*	‡
	Suspected	3732	*	‡
	Total	8745	17	3746
Sierra Leone	Confirmed	8059	262	2910
	Probable	287	*	208
	Suspected	2394	*	158
	Total	10 740	262	3276
Total		22 460	368	8966

WHO Full Situation Report for Feb 4 2015

 

WHO – Ebola Situation report – 21 Jan 2015

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/situation-reports/en/

Country	Case definition	Cumulative cases	Cases in past 21 days	Cumulative deaths
Guinea	Confirmed	2539	136	1557 (61.3%)
	Probable	319	*	319
	Suspected	13	*	‡
	Total	2871	136	1876 (65.3%)
Liberia	Confirmed	3135	25	‡ (??%)
	Probable	1854	*	‡
	Suspected	3489	*	‡
	Total	8478	25	3605 (42.5%)
Sierra Leone	Confirmed	7903	549	2779 (35.2%)
	Probable	287	*	208
	Suspected	2150	*	158
	Total	10 340	549	3145 (30.4%)
Total		21 689	710	8626 (39.8%)

Percentages are Mortality rates (Deaths/Cases)
Full Situation Report

Falling Ebola cases show ‘turning point’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30932578

Note: The countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone should be very wary of vaccine trials, especially as phase II has been skipped!

CDC and its lists of Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases

Updated 25/08/2016: CDC Link is now dead. I wonder why?
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist.asp
1/22/2015 CDC | Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases | Emergency Preparedness & Response
Pulished to encourage vigilance and awareness and NOT fearmongering!
A
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) (/agent/anthrax/)
Arenaviruses (/agent/vhf/)

B
Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) (/agent/anthrax/)
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin) (/agent/botulism/)
Brucella species (brucellosis) (/agent/brucellosis/)
Brucellosis (Brucella species) (/agent/brucellosis/)
Burkholderia mallei (glanders) (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/glanders_g.htm)
Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis) (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/melioidosis_g.htm)

C
Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis)
Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) (/agent/food/)
Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism) (/agent/botulism/)
Clostridium perfringens (Epsilon toxin)
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/qfever/index.htm)

E
Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever (/agent/vhf/)
E. coli O157:H7 (Escherichia coli) (/agent/food/)
Emerging infectious diseases such as Nipah virus and hantavirus
Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens
Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli) (/agent/food/)

F
Food safety threats (e.g., Salmonella species, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella) (/agent/food/)
Francisella tularensis (tularemia) (/agent/tularemia/)

G
Glanders (Burkholderia mallei) (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/glanders_g.htm)

L
Lassa fever (/agent/vhf/)

M
Marburg virus hemorrhagic fever (/agent/vhf/)
Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/melioidosis_g.htm)

P
Plague (Yersinia pestis) (/agent/plague/)
Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)

Q
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) (/agent/qfever/)
Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans) (/agent/ricin/)
Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus fever)

S
Salmonella species (salmonellosis) (/agent/food/)
Salmonella Typhi (typhoid fever) (/agent/food/)
Salmonellosis (Salmonella species) (/agent/food/)
Shigella (shigellosis) (/agent/food/)
Shigellosis (Shigella) (/agent/food/)
Smallpox (variola major) (/agent/smallpox/)
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B

T
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis) (/agent/tularemia/)
Typhoid fever (Salmonella Typhi) (/agent/food/)
Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)

V
Variola major (smallpox) (/agent/smallpox/)
Vibrio cholerae (cholera) (/agent/food/)
Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses [e.g., Venezuelan equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis])
Viral hemorrhagic fevers (filoviruses [e.g., Ebola, Marburg] and arenaviruses [e.g., Lassa, Machupo]) (/agent/vhf/)

W
Water safety threats (e.g., Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)

Y
Yersinia pestis (plague) (/agent/plague/)

1/22/2015 CDC | Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases | Emergency Preparedness & Response
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist.asp

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