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Unique Program Improves Rapid Detection of Deadly Outbreaks in Uganda – Press Release

Between 2010 and 2017, CDC and Ugandan scientists identified 16 outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) in an average of 2.5 days – down from the two-week average detection time over the previous 10 years. The program, the CDC-UVRI Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Surveillance and Laboratory Program, identified five times as many outbreaks between 2010 and … Continue reading Unique Program Improves Rapid Detection of Deadly Outbreaks in Uganda – Press Release