Year

Location of the Outbreak

Suspected Country of Origin

No. of Human cases

No. Deaths

Case fatality rate (%)

1967

Siberia and Germany

Uganda

31

7

23

1975

Johannesburg, South Africa

Zimbabwe

3

1

33

1980

Kenya

Kenya

2

1

50

1987

Kenya

Kenya

1

1

100

1998-2000

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Durba, DRC

154

128

83

2004-2005

Angola

Uige Province, Angola

252

227

90

2007

Uganda

Lead and gold mine in Kamwenge District, Uganda

4

1

25

2008

USA

Cave in Maramagambo forest in Uganda, at the southern edge of Queen Elizabeth National Park

1

0

0

2008

Netherlands

Cave in Maramagambo forest in Uganda, at the southern edge of Queen Elizabeth National Park

1

1

100

2012

Uganda

Kabale

15

4

27

2014

Uganda

Kampala

[Total:198]

[1 (Fatal) +

8 (Symptom developed)

+ 189 (Tested Negative)]

1

-       

2017

Uganda

Kween

4

3

75

2021

Guinea

Guéckédou

1

1

100