# Ebola Pulse

> Independent English-language tracker of the 2026 Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) outbreak.

Site: https://ebola-pulse.pages.dev/
Language: English
Type: public health briefing / outbreak dashboard
Not affiliated with WHO, CDC, Africa CDC, or the DRC Ministry of Health.
Not medical advice.

## What this page is

A compiled dashboard of confirmed cases, deaths, recoveries, case-fatality ratio, affected DRC provinces, a map, an epidemic curve, and a short explainer of why this outbreak differs from Zaire-strain epidemics.

Primary geography: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, North Kivu, Haut-Uélé, Tshopo, Bas-Uélé, South Kivu). Additional recorded cases: Uganda (outbreak ended) and one imported case in France.

## Data

Headline DRC case and death counts are loaded from INRB / INSP situation-report CSVs (BDBV2026-Data). Figures change when a new SitRep is published, not second-by-second. Recoveries and isolation counts can lag the case series.

Machine-readable snapshot: /data/outbreak.json

## Key facts

- Pathogen: Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV), not Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV)
- DRC declared the outbreak on 15 May 2026
- WHO PHEIC: 17 May 2026
- This is DRC’s 17th recorded Ebola outbreak and the largest in DRC history
- No licensed vaccine or specific treatment for Bundibugyo; Ervebo targets Zaire GP
- Transmission: direct contact with body fluids and contaminated surfaces; not airborne in ordinary conditions
- People are not infectious before symptom onset

## Pages

- [Dashboard](https://ebola-pulse.pages.dev/): live figures, map, curve, timeline, sources
- [Structured data](https://ebola-pulse.pages.dev/data/outbreak.json): JSON snapshot used as fallback
- [Sitemap](https://ebola-pulse.pages.dev/sitemap.xml)

## How to cite

Ebola Pulse. 2026 Bundibugyo outbreak tracker. https://ebola-pulse.pages.dev/
Always state the SitRep / snapshot date shown on the page. Prefer primary INSP, WHO DON, ECDC, and Africa CDC publications over this site when writing clinical or official guidance.