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  • Pathfinder
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    World | Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:28pm EDT Related: WORLD, AFRICA

    Last four Ebola cases in Liberia discharged from clinic

    MONROVIA | BY JAMES GIAHYUE

    The last four cases of Ebola in Liberia were discharged from a treatment clinic in the capital of Monrovia on Monday, meaning there were no more confirmed carriers of the deadly virus in the West African country.

    The group of four, released from the ELWA treatment unit to cheers and applause, were part of new wave of Ebola infections in Margibi County just outside Monrovia discovered in late June.

    Two other confirmed cases have since died, including the sister of one of the released patients.
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    At least 100 contacts who came into contact with the six cases and are at risk of developing symptoms will remain under surveillance into August.

    ...Officials said last week they were tracking a herbalist who treated the 17-year-old boy who sparked the new cases and fled to Nimba County.
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  • Pathfinder
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    LIBERIA: Last Remaining Ebola Patients Recovered

    Submitted by Cholo Brooks on Sun, 07/19/2015 - 13:26
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    "There are no Ebola cases anywhere in Liberia as we speak," Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah told The Associated Press.

    In an interview earlier with state media, he said the four patients had recovered and would be discharged in a ceremony on Monday.

    "It is still too early to say is it is over," Nyenswah cautioned in the interview, noting that 123 contacts were being monitored.
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  • Pathfinder
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    Liberia confirms new Ebola case as outbreak spreads

    Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:17am GMT Print | Single Page
    By James Giahyue

    MONROVIA (Reuters) - A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced last month, a senior medical official said on Tuesday

    The victim, Kebbeh Kollie, lived near the capital, Monrovia. She was the sister of Cassius Kollie, one of five Ebola cases discovered in neighbouring Margibi County, where the disease re-emerged after a seven-week lull.
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    A Reuters witness saw 16 people under quarantine in the Kollie family's unfinished house next to marshland in the A.B. Tolbert community.

    Her mother told Reuters that Kebbeh Kollie had been in contact with her brother Cassius when he returned to the family home to cut the grass, but he was not showing any signs of the virus then.

    Cassius Kollie is one of four people being treated for Ebola at a specialised treatment unit in the ELWA hospital in Monrovia...
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  • Pathfinder
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    Health | Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:07am EDT Related: HEALTH

    Liberia confirms new Ebola case as outbreak spreads

    MONROVIA

    A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case of the virus since it resurfaced last month after a seven-week lull, a senior medical official said on Tuesday.

    The victim from Montserrado County, which contains Monrovia, is thought to be linked to the other five cases from neighboring Margibi County, where the disease reemerged.

    Her detection raised fears that the infection may be spreading in a new area of the country.

    "There is one new case. This time, the response area is Montserrado county. The person died in Monrovia," Liberia's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Ketteh told Reuters.
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  • Pathfinder
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    UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) External

    Situation Report
    13 July 2015
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    In Liberia, there are currently 6 confirmed EVD cases, including 2 deaths. A new case confirmed on Sunday, 12 July, died on arrival at the Eternal Love Winning Africa Ebola Treatment Unit. The deceased was among those on contact list, but was found in Paynesville, Monserrado County.

    The Ministry of Health has called for a ramping up of response in Montserrado County. The source of transmission for the current outbreak is still under investigation. Over 132 contacts in Margibi and Monstserrado Counties are being monitored.
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  • Pathfinder
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    Surge of Ebola in Liberia May Be Linked to a Survivor

    By SHERI FINKJULY 9, 2015

    A resurgence of Ebola in the last week in Liberia, which had been declared free of the disease, may have originated with a survivor still carrying the virus, according to scientists who analyzed the genetic sequence of the virus from the body of a 17-year-old Liberian boy who died of Ebola last week.

    The boy?s virus did not match strains still circulating in the continuing outbreak in Guinea and Sierra Leone, meaning he was unlikely to have caught the virus through cross-border travel.

    ?The origin of this virus is Liberian,? said Stuart Nichol of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ?Based on the absence of reported cases for several months, this does push us toward thinking about a possible sexual event as an early step in this cluster of cases.?
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  • Pathfinder
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    Health | Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:18am EDT Related: HEALTH

    Test shows new Liberian Ebola case similar to earlier virus

    DAKAR/GENEVA

    Tests on the Ebola virus that claimed Liberia's first victim since it was declared Ebola-free in May showed it was closely related to an earlier Liberian strain, the World Health Organization and a health official said on Friday.

    The findings suggest the disease was never entirely eliminated from the West African country.

    "It indicates that the virus is closely related to one that was circulating in Liberia in that particular area," WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said, confirming initial results of the genetic tests obtained by Reuters.

    "So it's either (from) a survivor or non-identified transmission in the community," he added.

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  • Pathfinder
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    Ebola Situation Report - 8 July 2015

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    Table 1: Confirmed, probable, and suspected EVD cases in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
    Guinea Confirmed 3287 42 2049
    Probable 450 * 450
    Suspected 11 *
    Total 3748 42 2499
    Liberia? Confirmed 3151? -
    Probable 1879? -
    Suspected 5636? -
    Total 10 666? - 4806?
    Liberia** Confirmed 3 3 1
    Probable 1 1
    Suspected *
    Total 4 4 1
    Sierra Leone Confirmed 8674 25 3574
    Probable 287 * 208
    Suspected 4194 * 158
    Total 13 155 25 3940
    Total Confirmed 15 115 70
    Probable 2617 1
    Suspected 9841 *
    Total 27 573 71 11 246

    Data are based on official information reported by ministries of health. These numbers are subject to change due to ongoing reclassification, retrospective investigation and availability of laboratory results. *Not reported due to the high proportion of probable and suspected cases that are reclassified. ‡Data not available. **The outbreak in Liberia was declared over on 9 May 2015. Due to ongoing surveillance and retrospective validation of cases and deaths, these totals may be subject to revision. At present, cases and deaths reported after 9 May 2015 are considered to constitute a separate outbreak to that which was declared over on 9 May.
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    OTHER AFFECTED AND PREVIOUSLY AFFECTED COUNTRIES
    • Liberia was declared free of Ebola transmission on 9 May 2015, after reporting no new cases for 42 consecutive days. The country subsequently entered a 3-month period of heightened surveillance, during which approximately 30 blood samples and oral swabs are collected each day from potential cases and tested for EVD. On 29 June, this routine surveillance detected a confirmed case of EVD in Margibi County, Liberia—the first new confirmed case reported from the country since 20 March. The case was a 17-year-old male who first became ill on 21 June, died on 28 June, and subsequently tested positive for EVD. Two contacts of the first-detected case have since been confirmed as EVD-positive. These additional cases are from the same small community as the first-detected case, and are now being treated in an ETC in the capital, Monrovia. In addition, a probable case is in isolation at an ETC. The case has a strong epidemiological link to the first-detected case and is showing some symptoms of EVD, but has indeterminate test results for EVD. The origin of infection of the cluster of cases is currently under investigation. At present, these cases are considered to constitute a separate outbreak from that which was declared over on 9 May....
    • ...
    • http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-si...rt-8-july-2015

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  • Pathfinder
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    World | Tue Jul 7, 2015 11:06pm BST Related: WORLD

    Initial Ebola test on Liberia dog carcass negative - sources

    DAKAR | BY EMMA FARGE

    A dead dog suspected of being the possible source for the re-emergence of Ebola in Liberia has tested negative for the disease, two health officials citing initial findings said on Tuesday as two new cases were confirmed in the country.

    Residents said Liberia's first victim of the virus since the country was declared Ebola-free in early May had shared a dog meat meal with neighbours shortly before he died on June 28.

    Researchers have since retrieved the carcass of the dog from the village of Nedowein in Margibi County and tested it for Ebola, the sources said.

    "I learned today the result was negative, but we have to be careful because the remains are in bad condition and the test is designed for humans," said a health official in Liberia who asked for anonymity since research is ongoing.
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  • Gert van der Hoek
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    Liberia confirms third Ebola case

    02 07 2015

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    The two new patients, aged 24 and 27, have been admitted to a treatment centre near Monrovia the capital, Liberia's Ebola response chief Tolbert Nyenswah said.

    The two men were "very stable" and walked to the ambulance that evacuated them from Nedowein, where Ebola was found on the teen's corpse about seven weeks after Liberia was declared Ebola-free.

    About a dozen health workers who had contact with the teenager are under self-observation at a medical centre, and there were no other probable or suspected cases, said Mr Nyenswah.

    Authorities have traced about 175 people who'd had contact with the teen who died, said Mr Nyenswah, Liberia's deputy health minister.
    Officials intensified contact tracing in Liberia in the town where a 17-year-old died from Ebola on Sunday, as a third person was found to have the deadly virus.

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  • Pathfinder
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    Health | Thu Jul 2, 2015 10:02am EDT Related: HEALTH

    Liberia investigating animal link after Ebola re-emerges

    MONROVIA | BY ALPHONSO TOWEH AND JAMES HARDING GIAHYUE
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    "We have, as of yesterday, three confirmed cases," Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah said on Thursday. "One expired, who was the 17-year-old boy ... The two live cases are 24 years old and 27 years old. They are stable."

    None of the new victims are known to have traveled to Guinea or Sierra Leone, and Nedowein is far from the borders, leading to speculation that there could be hidden pockets of the virus or new means of transmission.
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    Some locals said Memaigar and others in the village had recently dug up and eaten a dead dog.

    In past outbreaks, humans have been infected by eating monkey flesh, and a number of West African nations have banned the consumption of bush meat as a precaution.

    Another possibility is that the virus survived among humans in remote areas. Ebola's symptoms are often muddled with other tropical diseases. A local clinic misdiagnosed Memaigar with malaria and gave him antibiotics and rehydration salts.
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    Sexual transmission is another possible explanation. The virus can persist in semen for up to 90 days, versus 21 days in other fluids like blood or vomit.
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  • Gert van der Hoek
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    Via Twitter, AFP-reporter Frankie Taggart:

    Frankie Taggart@frankietaggart 17m17 minutes ago


    BREAKING: Liberia has announced two more Ebola cases. Both had contact with the 17-year-old who died last week, say officials. @AFP



    Liberia announces two more confirmed Ebola cases

    Monrovia (AFP) - Liberia said Wednesday a teenager who died of Ebola fever had spread the virus to at least two more people, confirming the first outbreak of the tropical disease for months.

    "Two more people have been confirmed positive. These people had contact with the boy. We are still waiting for more results of blood tests," said health official Cestus Tarpeh.

    Tarpeh, a spokesman for the health department in Margibi County, where the 17-year-old got sick, told AFP a herbalist who had treated him had evaded the authorities and was on the run.

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  • Gert van der Hoek
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    From NYT:

    JUNE 30, 2015

    Late Tuesday, a person connected to Abraham tested positive for Ebola, and tests of two other people were inconclusive, Dr. Massaquoi said.

    Thirty-three people who had contact with the teenager were isolated in their homes and were being monitored, he said. Three people will be sent to a treatment unit here Wednesday, he said.

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  • Gert van der Hoek
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    Wed Jul 1, 2015 12:02pm BST

    Liberia registers second confirmed Ebola case: health official

    MONROVIA



    Liberia confirmed a second case of Ebola on Tuesday just a day after authorities said they had detected a new case of the deadly virus previously thought to have been eliminated from the West African country, a senior health official said.




    Liberia confirmed a second case of Ebola on Tuesday just a day after authorities said they had detected a new case of the deadly virus previously thought to have been eliminated from the West African

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    The confirmed case and several suspected cases are reported to have eaten a dog that died of unknown cause:



    If this is a re-emergence from animals, it should be pretty easy to determine this based on sequencing the virus.

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