How was Bundibugyo virus discovered in Uganda in 2007?

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Ebolavirus and Ebola virus disease — Ebola Numerous filamentous ebolavirus particles (blue) budding from a chronically-infected VERO E6 cell (yellow-green) in this digitally colorized scanning electron micrograph produced by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

The Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) was discovered in November 2007 following an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in the Bundibugyo district of western Uganda, located near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.123

The virus was identified as a previously unknown strain of ebolavirus during the investigation of this specific outbreak. It is now recognized as one of the six species of ebolaviruses, formally named Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense. Unlike the more common Zaire strain, the Bundibugyo virus is associated with a case fatality rate of approximately 25 to 35 percent.432