本迪布焦埃博拉疫情：刚果民主共和国病例数攀升至1万例以上
摘要
bmj;395/nov03_13/e101314/F1F1f1Xinhua/Alamy死于埃博拉病毒病者的坟墓继续分布在刚果民主共和国伊图里省首府布尼亚的郊区。该国卫生部10月30日宣布，此次疫情已夺去近5000人的生命，确诊病例数已超过1万例。此次疫情由罕见的本迪布焦病毒驱动。目前尚无针对该毒株的获批疫苗，但一项2/3期临床试验正在进行中。1据非洲疾病控制与预防中心报告，近期死亡者中包括一名在刚果民主共和国东北部工作的医生Marie-France Shogogo。
English
bmj;395/nov03_13/e101314/F1F1f1Xinhua/AlamyThe graves of people who have died from Ebola virus disease continue to spread around the outskirts of Bunia, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province. The outbreak has now claimed almost 5000 lives, and the number of confirmed cases has surpassed 10 000, the country’s health ministry announced on 30 October.This outbreak is driven by the rare Bundibugyo virus. There is currently no approved vaccine for the strain, but a phase 2/3 clinical trial is under way.1Among the recent fatalities is a doctor, Marie-France Shogogo, who was working in northeastern DRC, reported the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.