​Brazil tests traveller returning from Guinea for Ebola - test positive for malaria, first test negative for Ebola

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Brazil tests traveller returning from Guinea for Ebola

If confirmed it would be first known case of the deadly virus in the country

The Associated Press Posted: Nov 11, 2015 6:37 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 11, 2015 6:37 PM ET
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Castro said the man, 46, who was not identified by name, returned to Brazil on Nov. 6 after visiting Guinea, one of the flashpoints of the recent Ebola epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people, mostly in West Africa. While Guinea's neighbour Sierra Leone has marked the end of the outbreak, Guinea is still struggling to stamp out the virus.

The Brazilian man went to a public health clinic in the central state of Minas Gerais two days after returning home. His symptoms included head and muscle aches.

He was to be transferred to the country's top infectious disease hospital in Rio de Janeiro for tests.
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Registration Date: 11/11/2015 19:11:46 changed the 11/11/2015 in the 19:11:19

Ministry of Health monitors case of Ebola suspected in Belo Horizonte

The Minister of Health, Marcelo Castro, provided clarifications on Wednesday (11/11) about the suspected case of Ebola, identified in Belo Horizonte. The Brazilian man, 46, from Guinea (Africa), he returned to Brazil on 6 November and began to experience symptoms such as high fever, muscle pain and headache in the last day 8. On the evening of Tuesday ( 10) at 20h, it was attended the Emergency Unit of Pampulha in Belo Horizonte.

Immediately after the identification of the suspect, the patient was isolated in the unit and began the adoption of national protocol established for suspected cases of Ebola. The Municipal Belo Horizonte Health announced the state Department of Health and the Ministry of Health. At 1:46 a.m. today, the Ministry of Health announced the Pan American Health Organization in Washington and the Pan American Health Organization in Brazil.

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The case is being watched by surveillance teams in health the Ministry of Health and Minas Gerais. All patients and unit staff who had contact with him have been targeted and are being monitored by the Municipal Health. The survey of other possible contacts has started.

The patient will still be sent on Wednesday (11) to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (INI / Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), national reference for cases of Ebola following security protocol. The transfer will be made by the Brazilian Air Force plane, which took off from Brasilia Air Base bound for Belo Horizonte bringing on board a team of SAMU DF, made up of three professionals (two doctors and a nurse).

The team will be responsible for performing the transfer of the patient to the unit of Fiocruz, national reference for cases of Ebola following security protocol. It is expected that the aircraft hover in Rio de Janeiro to 19h.

After admission at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (INI / Fiocruz), a blood sample is taken for laboratory analysis. The result will come out in 24 hours. If the first result is negative, it will be re-examined to confirm 48 hours after the first collection. Again, the result should come out in 24 hours.

It will then be possible to determine the patient's diagnosis. Until then, it will follow isolated and getting all the medical care at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas.

Ebola is a serious disease, often fatal, with a mortality rate that can reach 90%. The disease affects humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees). Ebola was first identified in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks:. One in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in a remote area of Sudan The origin of the virus is unknown, but the fruit bats (Pteropodidae) are considered the likely hosts of Ebola virus.

Ebola is transmitted only through contact with blood, body tissues or fluids of sick individuals. The virus is only transmitted when symptoms arise.

To preserve patient privacy and legal rights, health officials stress that the patient's name should be preserved and should not be reported in the press and other media.

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EBOLA: Suspected case of the disease is investigated by the Ministry of Health

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REPORTER:. The situation of the Ebola suspected cases identified on Tuesday in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, is being investigated by the Ministry of Health Patients who have symptoms of the disease since the last eighth, is a Brazilian man of 46, from Guinea, an African country that still suffers from doen?a.Ele of cases was isolated in unit responsiveness of Pampulha in Belo Horizonte, and is receiving first aid under national protocol for suspected cases of Ebola. The man went to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas in Rio de Janeiro, where he will undergo blood tests for the diagnosis or not the disease as explained by the Minister of Health, Marcelo Castro.

SONORA: health minister - Marcelo Castro

"It will be collected blood sample for testing, which will be sent for laboratory analysis at Fiocruz. The first results should come out in 24 hours. If negative, 48 hours after the collection of blood, there will be new test to confirm the result. Again the result must leave in 24 hours. Until then the patient will follow isolated, getting all medical care from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas Fiocruz. "

REPORTER: The director of the Department of Surveillance of Communicable Diseases of the Ministry of Health, Claudio Maierovitch explains how the disease manifests itself in the human body.

SONORA: director of the Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance Ministry of Health-Claudio Maierovitch

"Once there is contamination, it may take up to three weeks to manifest. There is a wide variation in type of symptoms which may appear virtually all cases has a fever, headache, much headache, a major weakness in the body, the personnel can hardly getting in that the condition worsens. This situation can continue to evolve with vomiting and diarrhea and bleeding in various types of the human body organs can lead to death in about half of the affected cases. "

REPORTER: Ebola is a serious disease, often fatal, with a mortality rate that can reach 90%. The disease affects humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees. The virus disease is only transmitted through contact with blood, body tissues or fluids of sick individuals. It is important to remember that the disease is not airborne. For more information about the disease visit the page Surveillance Secretariat in the Ministry of Health of Health. The address is www.saude.gov.br/svs

Report, Alexandre Penido


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Patient hospitalized with suspected Ebola is diagnosed with malaria

Man had been transferred from Belo Horizonte to Rio and is admitted to the Evandro Chagas Hospital

THE ESTAD?O CONTENT 11/12/2015 - 17:22 - Updated 11.12.2015 - 17:25

The malaria test done in the Brazilian patient with suspected Ebola was positive. Isolation measures will be maintained until the conclusion of the examination of Ebola, the result of which should come out on the afternoon of Thursday, 12. There is a theoretical possibility, however remote, of a patient being infected simultaneously for Ebola and malaria, hence the need of precautions to maintain.

From Guinea, the patient is in stable health condition and without a fever since coming to Rio in the early morning hours of Thursday. According to Vice President of Research and Reference Laboratories of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rodrigo Stabeli, the man, who had not revealed the name, he presented a small table in the morning diarrhea, which may have been caused by nervousness.

Admitted to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas, at the headquarters of Fiocruz, Manguinhos, in northern Rio, it is collaborating with all the tests and protocols.

According Stabeli, the patient arrived without appetite, but could have lunch earlier this afternoon. He is receiving serum to have reached the very dehydrated River. The patient takes medicines for malaria.

"A patient with Ebola has a high fever and his picture worsens as a patient who is in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit). The patient is stable, but you can still draw a conclusion," said Stabeli. "It takes two negative tests, one at 24 hours and another 48 hours later."

The Ministry of Health is expected to announce the results of the first examination around 20 hours on Thursday, but the patient will only be released after the results of the two tests give negative.

The investigation of the case began on Wednesday, 11, in Belo Horizonte. The patient, 46 years old and come from Guinea, Africa, sought the emergency care unit (UPA) Pampulha on Tuesday night with a high fever, muscle pain and headache.

He arrived in Brazil on November 6. Once isolated, the patient was transferred to Rio, where he underwent tests for the presence of the disease virus. Fiocruz stressed that he did not circulate in areas of high risk of Ebola infection in their continent.

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Registration Date: 11/12/2015 19:11:39 changed the 11/12/2015 in the 19:11:39

First examination result of Ebola suspected case is negative

The first test for the etiologic diagnosis classified as a suspected case of Ebola virus infection had negative result. The collected material was analyzed by the laboratory of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro. However, according to international protocols, confirmation of the diagnosis can only take place after carrying out a second examination. The collection of new blood sample will be held and the new result should come out on Saturday (14/11). According to the protocol adopted by the Ministry of Health, is considered every suspected case where the person has passed through the area affected by Ebola and presenting fever up to 21 days after leaving the area, period considered as the upper limit for the incubation period of the disease.

Meanwhile, the patient remains hospitalized, in good condition and in isolation at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (INI / Fiocruz). According to medical report, the patient tested positive for malaria testing and continues to be treatment for the disease, which is widespread in Africa. Until the final confirmation of the result, all people who had contact with the patient continue to be monitored. If the second test a negative result, the patient will be taken out of isolation and 95 contacts are no longer monitored. Of these contacts, 59 are patients of UPA, 31 health professionals and 5 people who lived at the address.

The patient is a 46 year old Brazilian who was in Guinea (Africa), and returned to Brazil on 6 November. On the 8th, he began to experience symptoms such as high fever, muscle pain and headache. Immediately after the identification of the suspect, the patient was isolated in the unit and began the adoption of national protocol established for suspected cases of Ebola. The Municipal Belo Horizonte Health announced the state Department of Health and the Ministry of Health. Also in the early hours of Wednesday (11), the Ministry of Health announced the Pan American Health Organization in Washington and the Pan American Health American Health in Brazil.

On Wednesday (11), he was transported to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (INI / Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), national reference for cases of Ebola following security protocol. The transfer was made by aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force, with a SAMU DF team of three professionals (two doctors and a nurse), and then by ambulance from SAMU Rio de Janeiro, equipped according to the protocols to suit cases Ebola suspects.

Ebola is a serious disease, often fatal, with a mortality rate of approximately 50%. Ebola was first identified in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks:. One in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in a remote area of ​​Sudan The origin of the virus is unknown, but the fruit bats (Pteropodidae) are considered the likely hosts of Ebola virus.

The infected person only transmits the virus when presenting symptoms. Ebola is transmitted only through contact with blood, body tissues or fluids of sick individuals.

To preserve patient privacy and legal rights, health officials stress that the patient's name should be preserved and should not be reported in the press and other media.

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