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  • Case Report   
  • Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 2016, Vol 6(3): 245
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000245

Possible Seasonal Pattern of Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diego Mpia Elenge*
Medical Manager Vaccines for Central Africa, , GSK, Congo, Central Africa
*Corresponding Author : Diego Mpia Elenge, Medical Manager Vaccines for Central Africa, GSK, Congo, Central Africa, Tel: +243 895 627 106, Email: diego_elenge@yahoo.fr

Received Date: Apr 06, 2016 / Accepted Date: May 17, 2016 / Published Date: May 24, 2016

Abstract

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has two seasons (dry and rain). However this allocation across the country is totally different in terms of length. First, in the north of Equator, the rainy seasons start from April until the end of June then from September to the end of October. The dry seasons start from the beginning of November until the end of March (called the major dry season) and the beginning of July until the end of August (the minor dry season). Second, in the south of Equator, the rhythm of seasons is exactly inversed. The rainy season starts from October to May and the dry season (mid-May until the end of September). Rains are almost constant along the year.

Keywords: Ebola virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dry season, Equator

Citation: Elenge DM (2016) Possible Seasonal Pattern of Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 6:245. Doi: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000245

Copyright: © 2016 Elenge DM. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Review summary

  1. Udolph Baldwin
    Posted on Oct 03 2016 at 1:39 pm
    The authors made an attempt to monitor the association between ebola virus outbreak and seasonal variations in the Republic of Congo. The information is highly significant due to the severity of the disease and the paucity of information in this regard.
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