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Liberia's Ebola cluster grows to 3, linked to fatal case in Guinea
Two Ebola case-patients, both children, and one fatality in Liberia have been linked to a fatal Ebola infection in Guinea's ongoing flare-up, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today, increasing the number of recent cases in Liberia to three.
The Liberian fatal case involves the wife of a deceased Ebola patient in Guinea's Macenta prefecture. She and her three children traveled to Monrovia, Liberia, following the man's death, where she developed symptoms of Ebola and died on Mar 31.
Two of her sons have tested positive for Ebola and are receiving treatment in a Monrovia hospital, the WHO said. More than 100 of the family's Liberian contacts are being monitored for signs of infection.
Blood tests have confirmed that the Ebola recurrence in Guinea and Liberia can be traced to one known survivor, and small flare-ups or clusters are likely to continue due to viral persistence in people who have recovered, the WHO said.
Liberia has instituted infection control measures and is preparing to vaccinate contacts of the deceased woman and her children, the WHO said. Guinea, where nine Ebola cases have been confirmed since late February, has already vaccinated 1,400 identified contacts to halt transmission.
see more at: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2016/04/news-scan-apr-07-2016
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Ebola: a third confirmed case in Liberia (Official)
(TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH VIA GOOGLE TRANSLATE)
fr.starafrica.com - April 8, 2016
Liberia has recorded its third confirmed case of Ebola since the reappearance of the disease, announced on Friday, Deputy Minister of Health.
According to Tolbert Nyenswah, also responsible for the outbreak management system (IMS) at the Ministry of Health, the case involves a child three years old, the mother of 30 years died of the disease last March 31 to Hospital Redemption Monrovia.
He, however, added that the five year old boy who was infected by her mother, positively responding to treatment he is undergoing.
The deputy minister assured that some 101 contacts were quarantined and 11 health professionals from the Mawatta Clinic in Paynesville where the 30 year old woman succumbed to the disease, have been placed in isolation as a precaution to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
This new outbreak of haemorrhagic fever Ebola is the third in Liberia since its inception in March 2014.
http://fr.starafrica.com/actualites/ebola-un-troisieme-cas-confirme-au-liberia-officiel.html