What Clinicians Should Know about Ebola Bundibugyo Virus - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)

During this COCA Call, learn more about this outbreak, the history and ecology of Bundibugyo virus, what U.S. clinicians should know about preparing for, diagnosing, and managing patients with suspect or confirmed Ebola disease, and how to prevent Ebola viruses from spreading. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is responding to an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The overall risk to the American public and travelers remains low, but as with other high-consequence infectious diseases, clinicians are often the first to diagnose an outbreak. During this COCA Call, learn more about this outbreak, the history and ecology of Bundibugyo virus, what U.S. clinicians should know about preparing for, diagnosing, and managing patients with suspect or confirmed Ebola disease, and how to prevent Ebola viruses from spreading. A few minutes before the webinar begins, please click this link to join Peggy Honein, PhD Deputy Incident Manager2026 Ebola Response Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mary Choi, MD Medical OfficerDivision of High-consequence Pathogens and PathologyNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Christopher Hsu, MD, PhDDeputy Lead, Domestic Readiness Task Force2026 Ebola ResponseCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Melissa Schaefer, MDDomestic Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Team2026 Ebola Response Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Amy Schuh, PhD, MPHDiagnostics LeadDivision of High-consequence Pathogens and PathologyNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention After completing this course, the learner will be able to: Continuing education is not offered for this COCA Call.