Table 1.
Timeline of key events in the June 2019 imported outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Uganda and establishment and operation of the Uganda Virus Research Institute-United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ebola Field Laboratory at Bwera General Hospital.
Fig 1.
Map depicting the travel time to transport patient specimens by vehicle from the Uganda Virus Research Institute-United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ebola Field Laboratory in Bwera to the UVRI Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory in Entebbe.
The map was created using QGIS version 3.20.1 (https://www.qgis.org). The Uganda basemap (uga_admbnda_ubos_20200824_SHP.zipSHP) was obtained from The World Bank Data Catalog (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/uganda-administrative-boundaries-admin-1-admin-3?force_layout=desktop).
Table 2.
Ebola virus disease and viral hemorrhagic fever case definitions and descriptions.
Fig 2.
Specimen collection and diagnostic testing algorithm.
ETU, Ebola Treatment Unit; UVRI, Uganda Virus Research Institute; CDC, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; EBOV, Ebola virus; GP, Glycoprotein; NP, Nucleoprotein; NEG, Negative; RNA, Ribonucleic acid; VHF, Viral hemorrhagic fever; qRT-PCR, quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction; SUDV, Sudan virus; BDBV, Bundibugyo virus; MARV-RAVN, Marburg virus-Ravn virus; CCHFV, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; RVFV, Rift Valley fever virus.
Fig 3.
Fisheye view of the Uganda Virus Research Institute-United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ebola Field Laboratory at Bwera General Hospital.
Beginning at the door and moving counterclockwise, the major pieces of equipment and work areas that comprised the field laboratory included: 1) uninterruptable power supply with four large batteries, 2) GeneXpert Instrument, 3) GeneXpert-specific computer, 4) inactivated diagnostic specimen work area, 5) general laboratory waste, 6) sink for washing hands, 7) rapid containment kit used for specimen handling and viral inactivation of specimens, 8) designated area for decontamination of tertiary and secondary specimen transport containers, and 9) storage area for extra laboratory supplies.