About the Authors

Luke Nyakarahuka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nyakarahuka@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Biosecurity, Ecosystems and Veterinary Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Sophia Mulei

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Shannon Whitmer

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kyondo Jackson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Alex Tumusiime

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Amy Schuh

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jimmy Baluku

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Allison Joyce

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Felix Ocom

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda Public Health Emergency Operations Center, Kampala, Uganda

Jayne B. Tusiime

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Health Organization, Kampala, Uganda

Joel M. Montgomery

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Stephen Balinandi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Julius J. Lutwama

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

John D. Klena

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Trevor R. Shoemaker

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

on behalf of ‘Kasese EVD Outbreak Response Team’

Membership of the Kasese EVD Outbreak Response Team is provided in the acknowledgements.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.