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Bundibugyo Ebola will trigger emergency trials and cross-border screening as WHO warns delayed detection fueled explosive spread.

A months-long detection gap suggests surveillance and differential diagnosis failures in high-risk settings, while the lack of approved countermeasures for Bundibugyo raises the stakes for containment logistics and community trust. Operational constraints—strikes, insecurity, and shortages—can turn a public-health emergency into a regional destabilizer.