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West Africa: Mother-Baby Transmission - a Rare Case of Neonatal Ebola

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Editor, Senior Moderator
There's still much that the medical community does not know about Ebola, such as the long-term impact on survivors, and the subtleties of bodily fluid transmission. Ebola Deeply spoke with Sierra Leone's head of laboratory services about a rare case of suspected mother-baby transmission.
Dr. Abdul Kamara is the head of Sierra Leone's laboratory services. He discussed a sensitive case of Ebola death in a newborn baby. A similar case was recorded in Guinea in July this year, when a three-week-old baby contracted Ebola from his mother's breast milk. These such cases differ significantly from the normal means of Ebola transmission, representing a very tiny percentage of cases, and are not believed to be cause for alarm.

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http://allafrica.com/stories/201509282856.html
 
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