The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is closely monitoring an Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda caused by Sudan virus and a Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Tanzania. To date, no cases of Sudan virus disease (SVD) or MVD related to these outbreaks have been reported in the United States or other countries outside of the affected countries. On February 6, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory on the Ebola Outbreak Caused by Sudan virus in Uganda. The full CAHAN Disease Notification provides information about the SVD and MVD outbreaks and summarizes CDPH’s recommendations for case identification, testing, clinical laboratory biosafety and other considerations in California. More info...
