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Research Article
First laboratory confirmation and sequencing of Zaire ebolavirus in Uganda following two independent introductions of cases from the 10th Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 2019
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Luke Nyakarahuka ,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Felix Ocom,
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Uganda Public Health Emergency Operations Center, Kampala, Uganda
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Jayne B. Tusiime,
Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation World Health Organization, Kampala, Uganda
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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on behalf of ‘Kasese EVD Outbreak Response Team’
¶Membership of the Kasese EVD Outbreak Response Team is provided in the acknowledgements.
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First laboratory confirmation and sequencing of Zaire ebolavirus in Uganda following two independent introductions of cases from the 10th Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 2019
- Luke Nyakarahuka,
- Sophia Mulei,
- Shannon Whitmer,
- Kyondo Jackson,
- Alex Tumusiime,
- Amy Schuh,
- Jimmy Baluku,
- Allison Joyce,
- Felix Ocom,
- Jayne B. Tusiime
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- Published: February 22, 2022
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010205