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At least two people from Luweero District in Uganda died from Ebola hemorrhagic fever (HF); just slightly more than a month after the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH) declared the Ebola outbreak in Kibaale district over,according to a Daily Monitor report Nov. 14.The two deceased patients were laboratory confirmed Ebola- Sudan strain positive by the Central Public Health Laboratory.In addition, two other individuals who died from Luweero District are highly suspected to have succumbed to the lethal virus.Luweero District Health Officer, Dr. Joseph Okware, these individuals were tested for Marburg virus and tested negative.The Uganda Ministry of Health officially declared a Marburg outbreak on Oct. 19. As of 28 October 2012, a total of 18 cases and 9 deaths, including a health worker, have been reported from five districts namely Kabale district, in south-western Uganda, Kampala (the capital city), Ibanda, Mbarara and Kabarole. Nine of the cases are laboratory confirmed.During the course of the previous Ebola outbreak, in which the last case was reported on Aug. 3, a total of 24 probable and confirmed cases were recorded, of which 11 were laboratory confirmed by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe. A total of 17 deaths were reported in that outbreak.For more infectious disease news and information, visit and “like” the Infectious Disease News Facebook page
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