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Novel Pathogen Detectionactive

A new confirmed filovirus spillover event (Ebola, Marburg, or Sudan virus ≥1 laboratory-confirmed human case) will be reported in Central or East Africa within 180 days of the Uganda SVD closure, consistent with the ~1-2 per year regional filovirus base rate.

System-generated assessment. This assessment remains under review until the stated horizon or until sufficient evidence allows evaluation.

Substantial confidence

Confidence in this assessment
60%

Multiple lines of evidence are aligned, though the assessment remains provisional. Based on 2 linked evidence items and assessed against 180D.

Assessed through 180D·2 linked evidence items·Tracking since Apr 19, 2026

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How this assessment will be evaluated

The criteria the system uses to determine whether this assessment is borne out by the stated horizon.

Automated

Method

Evidence Match

The condition the system checks for when evaluating this assessment.

Minimum source quality

T1Primary Institutional

Evidence must meet or exceed this credibility tier to count toward evaluation.

Required terms

laboratory-confirmedconsistentconfirmedfilovirus

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Evidence quality mix

Tracking since Apr 19, 2026.

T12
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Registration

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Scope synthesis

The current analyst narrative for this scope.

Open synthesis →

Uganda Sudan Virus Disease outbreak declared over (Final Brief 16, Apr 20), constituting a qualifying filovirus spillover event; Nigeria Lassa and Burundi mystery illness hypotheses unchanged pending sitrep updates.

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Evidence linked to this assessment

2 linked items.

Marburg virus disease - Rwanda. As of 19 December 2024, 66 confirmed cases,15 deaths with a case

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 5 tracked assessments.

0 cases · 15 deaths · 0 samples

T1https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON548supports
Apr 17, 2026
Marburg virus disease - Rwanda. The last confirmed case was reported on 30 October 2024.

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 4 tracked assessments.

T1https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON548
supports
Apr 17, 2026

Integrity anchor

Brier 0.202

19 resolved novel pathogen detection predictions.