Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus: challenges and priorities for epidemic preparedness and response

Jean B. Nachega; Placide Mbala-Kingebeni; Sabue Mulangu; Nicaise Ndembi; Wolfgang Preiser; Donald Skinner; Nadia A. Sam-Agudu; Francine Ntoumi; Houriiyah Tegally; Cheryl Baxter; Tulio de Oliveira; Henry Kyobe Bosa; Pontiano Kaleebu; Oscar Kallay; Olalekan A. Uthman; Edward J. Mills; Philip J. Rosenthal; Alimuddin Zumla; Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(26)01141-4

Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus: challenges and priorities for epidemic preparedness and response

Jean B. Nachega
, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
, Sabue Mulangu
, Nicaise Ndembi
, Wolfgang Preiser
, Donald Skinner
, Nadia A. Sam-Agudu
, Francine Ntoumi
, Houriiyah Tegally
, Cheryl Baxter
, Tulio de Oliveira
, Henry Kyobe Bosa
, Pontiano Kaleebu
, Oscar Kallay
, Olalekan A. Uthman
, Edward J. Mills
, Philip J. Rosenthal
, Alimuddin Zumla
, Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2474-2478
Number of pages	5
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	407
Issue number	10547
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(26)01141-4
State	Published - Jun 20 2026

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Nachega, J. B., Mbala-Kingebeni, P., Mulangu, S., Ndembi, N., Preiser, W., Skinner, D., Sam-Agudu, N. A., Ntoumi, F., Tegally, H., Baxter, C., Oliveira, T. D., Bosa, H. K., Kaleebu, P., Kallay, O., Uthman, O. A., Mills, E. J., Rosenthal, P. J., Zumla, A., & Muyembe-Tamfum, J. J. (2026). Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus: challenges and priorities for epidemic preparedness and response. The Lancet, 407(10547), 2474-2478. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(26)01141-4

Nachega, JB, Mbala-Kingebeni, P, Mulangu, S, Ndembi, N, Preiser, W, Skinner, D, Sam-Agudu, NA, Ntoumi, F, Tegally, H, Baxter, C, Oliveira, TD, Bosa, HK, Kaleebu, P, Kallay, O, Uthman, OA, Mills, EJ, Rosenthal, PJ, Zumla, A & Muyembe-Tamfum, JJ 2026, 'Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus: challenges and priorities for epidemic preparedness and response', The Lancet, vol. 407, no. 10547, pp. 2474-2478. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(26)01141-4

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