Yambuku, Zaire

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Yambuku, Zaire was a small rural village in northern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) that became historically significant as the site of the first known outbreak of Ebola virus disease in 1976.

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Zaire ebolavirus → firstIdentifiedLocation → Yambuku, Zaire ⓘ

Ebola virus disease → firstOutbreakLocation → Yambuku, Zaire ⓘ