Is something going on in Ibidan? Suspect tested negative

[Nordica]

IBIDAN is 100km north of Lagos

He stated that the suspect is a seven-month old baby, who came with his parents from Ibadan for a visit at Ilorin.

http://www.360nobs.com/2014/08/anxiety-as-first-ebola-suspect-emerges-in-kwara/

The news of an Ebola patient at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, caused a scare in the hospital on Thursday and Friday.
http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-...ola-tent-vaccines-ready-for-testing-in-humans

 

[Nordica]

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Baby with Ebola-like symptoms dies in Ilorin

http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/news...-baby-with-ebola-like-symptoms-dies-in-ilorin

 

[Shiloh]

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Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news...-in-kwara-tests-negative#sthash.ugYVRccJ.dpbs

Suspected ebola case in Kwara tests negative
August 16, 2014

Kwara State is currently free from the deadly Ebola Virus, the state government has said.

This followed the receipt of negative test result on the only suspected case of the disease from Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH ).

The Special Assistant on Information to the State Governor and member, Kwara State Committee on the Prevention & Control of Ebola Virus, Deji Oni, made the announcement in Ilorin on Saturday.

Speculations had been agog in the state some days ago about a reported case of ebola infection in the state.

?As a responsible and responsive government, we swung into action by closing down the hospital where the suspected case was reported and immediately isolated the patient at the Sobi Specialist Hospital, Ilorin where necessary medication was administered on the child and the blood sample taken to Lagos to ascertain what the real cause of his sickness,? Mr. Oni said.

?The test result from LUTH has subsequently proven negative. Effectively, Kwara has no confirmed case of Ebola at the moment. However, the public is urged to remain vigilant and report any suspected case to the nearest hospital while continuing to take precautions against infection.?...

 

[AnnaLisa]

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This may have been answered before, but is the test an antibody titer or is it a PCR test? Is it possible we are seeing false negatives?

 

[Nordica]

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The minister also debunked speculations that there are Ebola cases in Imo, Abia and Cross River States, adding that the case of the disease in Kwara was still under investigation. ?The mother of the child in Kwara tested negative and we are still investigating the child. Also, the corpse in Anambra was embalmed and we are awaiting result of the test.
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https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news...urvivors-discharged.html#sthash.sbUJtt07.dpbs

 

[Emily]

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The case in Abia turned out be an anti-malaria drug side effect.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201408150276.html?viewall=1

15 August 2014
Nigeria: Ebola
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'Let me clarify issues on Ebola scare in some states. The disease is still only in Lagos. None of the contacts in Enugu have tested positive. They're still under close watch. So all the cases are still confined within Lagos State."

"The Abia case was a Steven Johnson syndrome, the lady reacted to some antimalarial drug she took and we tested and confirmed that it was not Ebola.

'The Imo corpse from abroad died of gastroenteritis, not Ebola; the Anambra case was not Ebola too and the Abuja case was a diabetic patient who also was HIV positive. It was not Ebola,' he said...