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[Comment] Strengthening pre-spillover surveillance: the missing link in Ebola preparedness

Authors
Dickson Aruhomukama, Kilama Kamugisha, Benon Asiimwe, Dathan M Byonanebye, Francis Kakooza
Journal
The Lancet Microbe
Publication date
2026-06-25
Source
rss_lancet_mic
Original record ID
270257
Summary status
error
Analysis status
error
Original last updated
2026-08-17T07:57:09.000Z

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Abstract

We read with concern the recent declaration of the Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a public health emergency of international concern and the accompanying analysis by Thirumalaisamy P Velavan and colleagues,1 published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, which rightly identifies under-detection and delayed reporting as the Achilles’ heel of the current Ebola response. The authors propose decentralised field molecular testing and assert that a pan-orthoebolavirus vaccine is essential.