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Wed, March 26 2014 , 2:30 p.m.
Posted By Nouhou Balde
Various facts, The One , The World, News

Passengers Guinean "abandoned" by Air Mauritanie : "Guinea is not isolated ," responds the Minister of Cooperation

"We are at the airport in Dakar since morning. Was summoned us 7H 30. Was then told that the flight will depart at 11am Mauritania . Air decided not to serve the Guinea due to Ebola . they said we will go with Air Senegal , Air Senegal but also did not board us, " said Dr. Fode phone Oussou Fofana, deputy to the National Assembly.

" As an MP , I called the Cooperation Minister to inform him ," said the chairman of the parliamentary group of the Liberal Democrats in the National Assembly .

Reached by telephone Guineenews , the Minister of International Cooperation, Moustapha Sano Koutoubou , confirmed that he received the call to the member informing him of the situation and contacted the Guinean representation of Air Mauritanie . "Those of Air Mauritanie explained to me that the plane had to make the journey from Dakar to Conakry was not available this morning. Consequently, the Company has negotiated with Air Mauritanie Air Senegal to return those passengers to Conakry . But it has nothing to do with the Ebola virus or any situation of our country. Guinea is not isolated . myself while I arrived yesterday with Air France and Air France also tonight ... So come , be reassured that we are not isolated from the rest of the world. pray God that all this epidemic is a rapid end in our country and also pray for the repose of the soul of the missing . "

Last news , Air Senegal took off from Dakar to Guinea capital without the fifty passengers "abandoned" by Air Mauritanie .

Reached by telephone Guineenews , the representative of Air Mauritania Guinea said he had " no opinion" on this "abandonment" of passengers at the Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport in Dakar ...

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Ebola Virus in Guinea, markets louma border will soon be closed

"In the coming days draconian measures may be taken, in line prohibit certain markets .... etc in southern Senegal," exclaimed Mrs. Eva Marie Coll Seck, Minister of Health and the Social Action.
This is the end of the celebration of World Day against Tuberculosis, celebrated Monday, March 24, instead of the African memory.

"There is no Ebola in Senegal", Mrs. Eva Marie Coll Seck, Minister of Health and Social Action, who said Monday, March 24 at the Place du Souvenir Africain.
Madam Minister reassures "populations we are doing everything to mobilize people, governors, prefects, regional services of health, hygiene services there are at least screening measures and prevention to prevent people return with the disease in our country, so there is work being done, "she has explained.

Madam Minister to continue inviting people to serenity "do not say it is, it's a catastrophe," is she exclaimed. Regarding some of the cases announced, the Minister said "this case is not yet confirmed" stresses such.
Ms. Minister, it is the first time we have an epidemic of this scale in West Africa thus urges people to do it very carefully. She urged the authorities to make a collective work "we will work with the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of the Armed Forces but also the Customs etc..," She adds.
In addition, Ms. Minister of Health and Social Welfare said to be in contact with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Guinea for sister really know where we are.
This country has seen in southern occurrence of Ebola virus is a viral haemorrhagic and very deadly disease because the mortality rate can reach even 90%. This is often related to saving mouse to monkey porcupine etc. .... it occurs in forests.
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UNMIL Radio interviews Liberia's Minister of Health and Social Welfare and the World Health Organization Acting Representative about the current Ebola outbreak in Guinea and its implications on Liberia.:tiphat:https://soundcloud.com/un-mission-in-liberia/ebola-in-liberia-know-the

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Foreign travel advice

Liberia



..An outbreak of Ebola virus has been confirmed in south-eastern Guinea, and there are reports of suspected cases in areas of Libaria near to the border with Guinea. If you?re travelling near to the border with Guinea, check the health advice issued by the National Travel Health Network and Centre.
The small British Embassy and Honorary Consul in Monrovia can only offer limited consular assistance...:tiphat:https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/liberia

 

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3/25/14 2:50 p.m. There are: 1 days
POINT OF INFORMATION IN GUINEA hemorrhagic fever

Category: Government
Author: Department of Health
Since February 9 our country is faced with a febrile illness whose epicenter is located in Forest Guinea. The latest information is presented well, 05 new cases of suspected viral haemorrhagic fever have been detected in the Prefectures of Gu?k?dou (3 suspects with 0 deaths) and Macenta (2 suspects with 0 deaths).



Samples of suspected haemorrhagic fever recorded in Conakry were negative virological examination by the team at the Pasteur Institute of Dakar. Accumulated suspects recorded to date March 24, 2014, amounted to 86 cases with 59 deaths (including 34 community deaths) after investigation. These cases and deaths are divided as follows: Gu?k?dou (60 cases / 44 deaths); Macenta (19 cases / 11d?c?s) and Kissidougou (7 cases / 4 deaths). Thus, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with its partners has taken the following steps:

Free treatment of all patients in the isolation centers, Information populations on individual and collective hygiene, exclusive Accountability treatment of the bodies of deceased patients to health personnel and the Guinean Red Cross to limit contamination, census of all persons who have had direct contact with the patients who died and those with the following signs: fever, diarrhea, vomiting, fatigue pronounced bleeding, broadcast awareness messages in the media (radio, TV, internet).

The Ministry of Health in the framework of the coordination established a communication device comprising among others; Holding a daily meeting to update on the epidemic and response activities underway; Implementation of a communication unit responsible for regularly reviewing the information on the evolution of the epidemic; Regular communication of the status of the epidemic in the media, on behalf of the Government, the Ministry of Health thanks all partners for technical material and financial support to the response against the epidemic. We ask the people to keep calm and serenity, the disease remains confined and under control.

The Ministry of Health:tiphat:http://translate.google.com/transla...KanKan.161.0.html?&cHash=cb8196a10c&tx_ttnews[tt_news]%3D13902

 

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3/24/14 0:41 There: 3 days UNICEF fight the push of Ebola that has already caused the death of children in Guinea

Category: Humanitarian
In front of a dazzling burst of Ebola that has killed three children in Guinea, UNICEF immediately delivered 5 tons of medicines and medical equipment to the most affected areas. Of the 80 people who contracted the disease so far in Guinea, at least 59 have died. During the last days, the disease spread rapidly communities Macenta Gu?k?dou and Kissidougou in the capital, Conakry...

.. collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Guinea, UNICEF quickly moved five tons of medicines, medical equipment and emergency supplies such as gloves, tarpaulines, plastic mats, blankets, nose guard, and rehydration solutions oral and intravenous medical personnel to protect and treat the sick. From the first signs last week, UNICEF has distributed 50,000 pieces of soap, 1,000 bottles of rehydration fluids, 5,500 cans of liquid chlorine, 5,000 packets of oral rehydration salts and chlorine powder, agents health in the affected areas..

.."We already know that health workers urgently need protection equipment such as hats, gloves, masks, goggles, boots, aprons, and other materials such as gowns, disinfectant sprays, and unfortunately, body bags" said UNICEF Representative. He asked medical professionals to keep abreast of the latest information and strengthen their cleaning procedures and hygiene. UNICEF has also urged the people of Guinea to be especially v...:tiphat:http://translate.google.com/transla...KanKan.161.0.html?&cHash=f213ee464b&tx_ttnews[tt_news]%3D13898

 

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Wed, March 26 2014, 2:23 p.m. Posted By Amara Camara Moro Headlines , News , Health http://translate.googleusercontent....sg=ALkJrhjFX5IwV_hVK1riKMWZA56q0jyuOw#respond 0 838 <header class="entry-header"> Ebola outbreak "suspected cases" identified in Kankan and Gu?ck?dou.

</header> The information comes from falling on our desks. Two new suspected cases of the virus haemorrhagic fever have just been notified to Gu?ck?dou and Kankan, the second largest city, located more than 650 Km from Conakry which was hitherto spared. These are the country's health authorities whistleblowers through the official bulletin of the Ministry of Health on the development of the disease.

The document states that an investigation is underway in Kankan for additional information and provisions are made ​​for a quick review of the sample.
The report indicates that the burial of this case was done under the supervision of health authorities in the region of Kankan and the Guinean Red Cross.
With this latest development, the services of the Division Prevention and Fight against disease present at the March 26, the general situation as follows: 88 cases of suspected viral haemorrhagic fever which recorded 63 deaths (including 36 community deaths). Either a fatality rate of 71.5%.
According to the data collected, these cases and deaths are divided as follows: to Gu?k?dou there are 61 cases with 45 deaths; Macenta, statistics show 19 cases 12d?c?s; Kissidougou, 7 cases with 5 deaths are identified and finally Kankan 1 reported case who died.:tiphat:http://translate.google.com/transla...-suspects-identifies-a-kankan-et-a-gueckedou/

 

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Since the announcement of the presence of an outbreak of Ebola in Guinea which has sixty dead in the forest region, neighboring countries are concerned and are now on alert.


These neighboring countries are currently in a battle against the killer Ebola virus and fear spread haemorrhagic fever after the discovery of suspected cases in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The side of the neighboring Côte d'Ivoire, which is some 150 km around the outbreak of the virus, authorities say fear "real risk of spreading" of the epidemic.
It is for this reason that a ministerial meeting took place on Tuesday, with the main concern, the measures to bar the way to the Ebola outbreak raging in Guinea, which 6 cases were detected Liberia, another neighboring country.


To the Director General of the National Public Health Institute (INHP) in Côte d'Ivoire, Simplice Dagnan, health districts, particularly in western Côte d'Ivoire, near the region of Guinea and Liberia were put on alert to detect "early" all suspected cases, whereas the controls were strengthened land and air borders, we do we relate.
"We are concerned. Disease can travel easily. Pets (which carry the virus, Ed) know no borders" said Mr. Dagnan.


Mali also is not left behind in this mobilization following the emergence of Ebola virus in Guinea. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Ministry of Health has urged people to be alert to the situation prevailing in Guinea.
In Liberia, the authorities have also established a health monitoring system, as well as Sierra Leone, last neighboring country of Guinea to record two suspected Ebola cases, including one death.


Senegal has fear that the spread of the disease reaches its territory. Therefore, emergency measures were taken to strengthen the surveillance system in all medical areas of the country and even in private facilities or the provision of means of protection in certain border to Guinea. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has recently consolidated all of its prevention services to reflect on a plan to protect its people.


"We have taken a number of measures," assured Dr Mamadou Ndiaye, director of the Prevention Department of Health and Social Action, after an emergency meeting held on the occasion.
Epidemic hemorrhagic fever was declared in parts of southern Guinea near the border with Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone.


On Tuesday, the Guinean government, through the Minister for Public Health, welcomed the actions of all the technical and financial partners involved with the mobilization of CDC Atlanta to support the management of the response to the epidemic.


At the same time, he recalled that the last 24 hours, no new cases of haemorrhagic fever have been recorded throughout the territory.
However, a new case of death was recorded at Guekedou in Forest Guinea.
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<table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="texte" height="21" align="left" background="http://www.guinea-forum.org/graphics/background/gray_bg.gif" valign="top" width="100%">News: Fifty passengers Guineans has abandoned the Sedar Senghor airport in Dakar </td></tr><tr><td align="left" background="http://www.guinea-forum.org/graphics/background/background_beige.gif" valign="top" width="84%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="MidText" align="Left" valign="Top" width="47%"> Posted March 26th, 2014 @ 7:22 </td><td class="MidText" align="Middle" valign="Top" width="11%">
</td><td class="MidText" align="Right" valign="Top" width="45%"> Updated March 26, 2014 @ 7:25 </td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" background="http://www.guinea-forum.org/graphics/background/background_beige.gif" valign="middle" width="16%"><map name="FPMap0"></map></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="texte" align="justify" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" width="100%"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="text" align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" width="75%"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="texte" align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" width="100%"> © Among the stranded passengers in Dakar, figure Mr. Fode Oussou one of the Vice-Presidents of the UFDG who was living in Dakar and was bound for Conakry. It is found that Alpha Condé is a curse for Guinea!


They are fifty Guineans stranded Sedar Senghor Dakar Airport. Scheduled for a flight with Air Mauritanie, passengers Guineans were called to the airport at 7 am for a departure to Conakry under 9: 00 am. To the surprise, the Air Mauritania is presented only 11 hours to announce the sad news for passengers to Conakry.

Air Mauritanie canceled his flight to Conakry Cause hemorrhagic fever (Ebola) and Mauritanienne airline said having negotiated Air Senegal for conveying Conakry.
Archi-false. Air Senegal replied that he never aware of such a transaction or transfer. Guinean passengers are being abandoned Sedar Senghor Airport in Dakar, in total humiliation.
Among the stranded passengers in Dakar, figure Mr. Fode Oussou one of the Vice-Presidents of the UFDG who was living in Dakar and was bound for Conakry.
According to our source, several airlines have shelved their destination Conakry due to Ebola and irresponsibility of the government in Conakry before this deadly epidemic.
No effective means has been undertaken by the powers that be to contain the spread of the disease that has spread to several cities including Conakry.
Leave the-go power and the non-implementation of sanitary cordons to contain the epidemic contributed to the expansion of the field of contagion.
According to an official of Public Health, all the ingredients for the increasing number of cases of Ebola met (unhealthy). :tiphat:http://translate.googleusercontent....672224&usg=ALkJrhhELB5uBScUX-PgMSvWC6PDtDZMTQ

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Ebola: Guinean stranded at the airport of Dakar

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Ghana MPs issue ebola alert!

Wednesday 26th March , 2014 4:25 pm]Ghana’s lawmakers have called for an “urgent” national preparation to forestall possible outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the country.
It follows a wave of fatal outbreaks of the virulent disease in neighboring Guinea and Liberia, where health workers have been battling to contain the virus since Monday.
At Wednesday’s sitting of the 275-Member Ghanaian Legislature, a former Minister for Health, Joseph Yieleh Chireh, read a pressing statement, calling for an “urgent meeting between the Ministers of Health, Interior, Foreign Affairs and the National Security Coordinator to discuss the Ebola outbreak that threatens our borders”.
That meeting –– the Wa West MP told the House ––– must also “propose measures to contain” the disease “in the event of the outbreak here”.
“Further, I recommend that an inter-agency taskforce be set up, consisting of relevant institutions under these three ministries and the National Security,” he added.
Mr. Chireh said, “We must not wait until the disease gets here before we act! The...:tiphat:http://www.citifmonline.com/?p=8878

 

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Ebola outbreak 'contained', death toll rises

Thu, 27 Mar 2014
Authorities in Guinea say they have stopped an outbreak of deadly Ebola fever from spreading beyond the country's remote southeast, although the number of deaths from suspected infections has risen to at least 63. U.N. agencies and medical charities such as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have scrambled to help Guinea - one of the world's poorest countries - cope with the virus, amid fears it might spill across borders into neighbouring West African nations.
Liberia, which shares a border with southeastern Guinea, reported at five deaths this week from suspected infections in people who had come across the frontier to seek treatment. Sierra Leone has also uncovered two deaths in the border town of Boidu suspected to be linked to Ebola, one of the most lethal infectious diseases known to man.
Laboratory tests have so far only confirmed 13 cases of the disease, from 45 tests. More samples, some of them from Sierra Leone and Liberia, have been sent for examination.
"The epidemic is not spreading to other regions," Guinean Health Minister Remy Lamah told Reuters by telephone from the affected area in Guinea's remote Forest region. "Medical equipment has been shipped in. MSF is helping us to control the outbreak."
An MSF spokesperson said the number of suspected infections had risen by just two from Tuesday to 88, according to government figures. Four more people died, however, bringing the death toll to 63.
MSF flew in 33 tonnes of medical equipment at the weekend, enabling the creation of an isolation ward in Gueckedou, the epicentre of the outbreak. Ten patients with Ebola symptoms were receiving treatment there, MSF said.
Another isolation facility is being set up in the town of Macenta to deal with suspected cases there, said the medical charity, which is reinforcing its emergency team of 30 staff.
BAN ON BUSHMEAT, BATS
Since its discovery in 1976 in what is now Democratic Republic of Congo, only around 2,200 cases of Ebola have been recorded. Of those, 1,500 were fatal.
The outbreak of mysterious haemorrhagic fever was first detected in Guinea in February. Scientists have since identified it as the most virulent Zaire strain of the Ebola virus.
The virus is believed to reside primarily in bats between rare outbreaks in humans. Some experts believe it may have been carried by bats from central Africa, where it is more common.
In an effort to stop the transmission of the disease, Guinea has banned the sale and consumption of bats and other types of bush meat, and banned public funerals for those killed. Volunteers from the Guinean Red Cross were disinfecting the homes of victims and dealing with infected bodies.
The disease incubates for up to three weeks and its symptoms are similar to malaria and cholera, making it difficult to detect in West Africa, where such diseases are endemic.
The virus initially causes rag..:tiphat:http://www.odt.co.nz/news/world/296667/ebola-outbreak-contained-death-toll-rises

 

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UNICEF swiftly responds to Ebola outbreak in Guinea

CONAKRY, Guinea/DAKAR, Senegal ? With an Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever (Ebola HF) outbreak declared in the Southern part of Guinea, 11 suspected cases of children infected have been reported, three of whom have died. In an effort to prevent the severe, often-fatal disease from spreading further, UNICEF immediately rushed in aid and delivered health supplies to the most affected areas.
When the official declaration was made by the Government last week, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Guinean Ministry of Health, sent five metric tons of equipment including calcium hypochlorite, chlorine, gloves, raincoats, plastic mats, blankets, tarpaulins, and syringes to health workers and at-risk communities.
Additionally, when the first signs of the disease appeared, UNICEF distributed 5,500 boxes of liquid chlorine, 50,000 pieces of soap and chlorine powder to medical workers and communities in the affected areas. Rehydration fluids and oral rehydration salts have also been supplied to help with some of the symptoms of Ebola HF, although there is no known cure or vaccine for the disease.
?Ebola HF is an extremely serious disease and UNICEF has taken immediate action to reduce the risks for children. ....




Last Saturday, three suspected cases of haemorrhagic fever were reported in Conakry. Since then, laboratory tests conducted by the Ministry of Health and Institut Pasteur have led to the conclusion that there was no confirmed case of Ebola HF in the capital.:tiphat:http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=186498#.UzMzbM46tvk

 

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Recognizing that containing an outbreak of Ebola may require several weeks or months (as seen in the past) may help to guide public reaction from an uncontrolled panic to a needed vigilance and implementation of the suggested measures to avoid infection, such as the contact with body fluids from ill patients and butchering and consuming meat from wild animals.

Secondly, wealthy world has little to feel scared by these outbreaks because one of the main causes is the state of the dilapidated health infrastructure in the sub-saharian Africa, the presence of many other infectious diseases, the striking poverty and the persistence of civil unrests, wars and violence.

If really interested in saving the world from exotic 'monsters' is to face the reality of the facts that where poverty and violence plague millions of people there will no any Assurance of safety for the rest even wealthy and fat nations.

GM

GDP of three African Countries compared with European Countries

Source: Wolfram Alpha, http://www.wolframalpha.com/

-- Guinea GDP (2012) = $5.632 Billion per year
-- Liberia GDP (2012) = $1.734 Billion per year
-- Sierra Leone GDP (2012) = $3.796 Billions per year
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-- Austria GDP (2012) = $392.7 Billions per year
-- Italy GDP (2012) = $2.015 Trillion per year
-- Greece GDP (2012) = $294.1 Billion per year

 

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[Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, full page: (LINK). Edited.]


Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Guinea (Situation as of 26 March 2014)

26 March 2014


The total number of suspected cases in the ongoing Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Guinea remain 86.

Two more cases died bringing total deaths to 62 (CFR: 72%).

The cases are spread across three districts in south east Guinea (Guekedou, Macenta, and Kissidougou districts).

Seven of the cases are currently undergoing treatment in isolation units in Guekedou district.

Investigations on reported cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone along the border with Guinea are ongoing.

Eleven of the reported cases have been confirmed by Institut Pasteur Lyon, France, Institut Pasteur (IP) Dakar, Senegal and Bernhard-Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Germany using PCR test.

The MOH together with WHO and other partners continues to implement measures to control the outbreak and prevent further spread.

The MOH and MSF have established isolation facilities in Gu?k?dou district, and plans are underway to establish an additional isolation ward in Macenta district. WHO and the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) have deployed experts to support operational response in the areas of: coordination; Infection Prevention and Control (IPC); surveillance and epidemiology; case management; public information and social mobilization; anthropological analysis; and logistics.

The necessary supplies and logistics required for supportive management of patients and all aspects of outbreak control are also being mobilized. The MOH is also preparing a request to the African Public Health Emergency Fund (APHEF) as well as to other potential donors to support outbreak response. APHEF supports timely deployment of rapid response teams during outbreaks and emergencies, and procurement and prepositioning of epidemic and emergency response supplies.

The Emerging and Dangerous Pathogens Laboratory Network (EDPLN) has been working with the Guinean VHF Laboratory in Donka, the Institut Pasteur in Lyon, the Institut Pasteur in Dakar, and the Kenema Lassa fever laboratory in Sierra Leone to make available appropriate Filovirus diagnostic capacity in Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Institut Pasteur Dakar has already deployed a mobile laboratory team in Guinea, and a European Union Mobile Laboratory (EMLab) team with staff from Germany (Bernhard-Nocht Institute, Hambourg), France (Institut Pasteur Lyon) and Italy (National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Roma) will be deployed by 27 March 2014.

WHO does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Guinea in respect to this event.


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CDC prepared to assist in outbreak of deadly Ebola virus in Africa

By Amanda Woerner /
Published March 27, 2014 /
FoxNews.com
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?We have been in discussion about how we might be able to participate,? Dr. Barbara Knust, an epidemiologist in the viral special pathogens branch of the CDC, told FoxNews.com. ?We don?t have any people in the field as of yet, but the situation continues to change so every day there might be a change in that status. We have certainly been preparing and making sure we are ready in case the call goes out.?

Ebola virus is a rare, highly contagious and often deadly form of hemorrhagic fever -- and the current outbreak in Guinea is particularly unusual due to several factors, according to the CDC.

?[Zaire Ebola] has never been found outside of central Africa until this outbreak,? Knust said. ?Also, Guinea had never had an Ebola outbreak before and this is the furthest West we?ve had one. There are some unusual things about this outbreak and certainly things to be investigated further to understand its origins.?
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?All of the Ebola viruses, we believe, have a wildlife reservoir. We think Ebola probably has a bat as a species that harbors virus and spills over into people and other animals. However, we?ve never been able to find which animal species is the animal that harbors the virus,? Knust said.

?That?s another goal of the outbreak investigation, to try to investigate if we can trace back the initial spillover event from animal to person.?

As the situation in Africa continues to evolve, the CDC is prepared to open their laboratories to test specimens for evidence of the disease, if necessary. Currently, samples sent from Guinea are being tested in France.
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Re: Guinea - A hemorrhagic disease killed 61 people including 8 health workers in Forest Guinea - Ebola lab confirmed in 13 cases

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Guinea: Ebola virus spreading fast


CNN|Added on March 27, 2014
CNN's Vladimir Duthiers updates efforts to contain an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Guinea.
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Re: Guinea - A hemorrhagic disease killed 61 people including 8 health workers in Forest Guinea - Ebola lab confirmed in 13 cases

Re: Guinea - A hemorrhagic disease killed 61 people including 8 health workers in Forest Guinea - Ebola lab confirmed in 13 cases

Bat Soup Blamed as Deadly Ebola Virus Spreads

Mar 27, 2014 11:45 AM ET // by Marc Lallanilla, Assistant Editor, LiveScience An outbreak of the Ebola virus has claimed at least 63 lives in the African nation of Guinea.
To combat the spread of this deadly disease, Guinean officials have taken the unusual step of banning the consumption of bat soup, grilled bat and other local delicacies...:tiphat:http://news.discovery.com/human/hea...ebola-virus-spreads-032714.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1