2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak

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Ebola virus disease outbreak epidemic public health emergency

The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak was the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, primarily affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and prompting a major international public health emergency response.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
2014–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa 1
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic 1
2014–2016 West African Ebola outbreak 1
Ebola virus disease epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone 1
West African Ebola epidemic 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ebola virus disease outbreak ⓘ
epidemic ⓘ
public health emergency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
surface form: West African Ebola epidemic
caseFatalityRateApproximate 40% ⓘ
causativeAgent Zaire ebolavirus ⓘ
continentAffected Africa ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
countryAffected Germany ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
declaredBy World Health Organization ⓘ
disease Ebola virus disease ⓘ
economicImpactEstimate billions of US dollars ⓘ
economicImpactRegion West Africa ⓘ
endTime 2016-06 ⓘ
epicenter Guéckédou Prefecture ⓘ
hardestHitCountryByCases Sierra Leone ⓘ
hardestHitCountryByDeaths Liberia ⓘ
hardestHitCountryByEarlySpread Guinea ⓘ
healthcareWorkerDeathsApproximate 500+ ⓘ
healthcareWorkerInfectionsApproximate 800+ ⓘ
indexCaseLocation Meliandou, Guinea ⓘ
ledTo creation of national Ebola treatment centers in affected countries ⓘ
reforms in WHO emergency response procedures ⓘ
strengthening of global health security frameworks ⓘ
majorResponseActor Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
Médecins Sans Frontières ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom government

United Nations ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
World Health Organization ⓘ
notableCharacteristic deadliest Ebola outbreak in history ⓘ
largest Ebola outbreak in history ⓘ
overwhelmed fragile health systems in affected countries ⓘ
triggered major international humanitarian response ⓘ
PHEICDeclarationDate 2014-08-08 ⓘ
publicHealthEmergencyOfInternationalConcern true ⓘ
startTime 2013-12 ⓘ
totalCasesApproximate 28600 ⓘ
totalDeathsApproximate 11300 ⓘ
transmissionMode funeral practices involving contact with bodies ⓘ
human-to-human transmission via bodily fluids ⓘ
nosocomial transmission ⓘ
UNMEEREstablishmentDate 2014-09 ⓘ
UNMEERFullName United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response ⓘ
UNMissionEstablished UNMEER ⓘ
vaccineTrialCountry Guinea ⓘ
vaccineTrialType ring vaccination trial ⓘ
vaccineUsed rVSV-ZEBOV ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak → alsoKnownAs → 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
this entity surface form: West African Ebola epidemic
Public Health Emergency of International Concern → hasBeenDeclaredFor → 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response → hasCause → 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebola virus disease epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
this entity surface form: 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic
international health regulations → usedDuring → 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
subject surface form: International Health Regulations (2005)
rVSV-ZEBOV → usedDuringOutbreak → 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2014–2016 West African Ebola outbreak
IHR → usedInResponseTo → 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
subject surface form: International Health Regulations
this entity surface form: 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa