Screening and monitoring of travellers returning from countries affected by Bundibugyo virus: an overview of European approaches, July 2026
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The 2026 Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has prompted European countries and the United States to revise measures for travellers, healthcare workers and humanitarian personnel returning from affected areas. We compare current procedures and protocols with those implemented during the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak. Despite some national differences, policies have largely converged towards risk-based management, early case detection, rapid isolation, exposure-based monitoring and healthcare preparedness, rather than routine border screening.
Source: Eurosurveillance
Authors: Jake Dunning, Erica Binetti, Arne B Brantsæter, David Ekqvist, Sabiena G Feenstra, Jocelyn J Herstein, David K Kayembe, F-Xavier Lescure, Agata Mikolajewska, Annelies Mondelaers, Marta Mora-Rillo, Chantal Rovers, Laura Scorzolini, Corien M Swaan, Francesco Vairo, Erika Vlieghe, Timo Wolf, Luca Zweers, Emanuele Nicastri, on behalf of the European HLIU Network
Institutions: University of Oxford, Imperial College London, Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Oslo University Hospital, Region Östergötland, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Ministry of Public Health, Inserm, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution, Robert Koch Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Infecciosas, Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Radboud University Medical Center
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Ministero della Salute
OpenAlex ID: W7169554481