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Phillip Musoke1, Felix Bongomin2
1School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Internal Medicine, Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, Mubende, Uganda.
Abstract:
In 2000, Uganda reported the first Ebola disease outbreak, and since then, the nation has had several other outbreaks. CASE PRESENTATION: On September 15, 2022, a Ugandan man aged 24 years presented with a history of fever, hematemesis, and hematochezia. A clinical suspicion of a viral hemorrhagic fever was raised, the patient was isolated, and the authorities were notified. Clinical samples subjected to real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis confirmed Sudan virus disease (SVD) caused by the Sudan Ebola virus species. The patient died 3 days later. By November 30, 2022, there had been a total of 142 confirmed cases of SVD in Uganda, with 56 (39.4%) fatalities. The case described in this report is the first patient who was hospitalized during this outbreak. CONCLUSIONS: SVD has a high mortality rate despite the best supportive management. Therefore, it is important to focus on preventive measures to control outbreaks of this disease.
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