Ebola 2002 - Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Gabon/The Republic of the Congo - Update 16

07 February 2002 Disease Outbreak Reported On 5 February 2002, the Gabonese Ministry of Health reported 49 confirmed cases, (19 by laboratory testing, 30 epidemiologically linked), including 42 deaths.  This increase in confirmed cases largely results from a reclassification of suspect cases following the availability of laboratory results.  As of 1 February 2002, 20 confirmed cases, including 12 deaths have been reported in villages in the Republic of the Congo, close to the…