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Zaire ebolavirus · Lagos and Rivers States · verified historical

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Category
Zaire ebolavirus
Secondary
Confirmed
20
Suspected
0
Deaths
8
Case fatality rate (%)
40
Status
historical

Summary

A Liberian-American government official flew from Monrovia to Lagos while symptomatic, seeding a chain of transmission that infected 20 people and killed 8 (CFR 40%). Rapid contact tracing and isolation by Nigerian authorities prevented wider spread; WHO declared Nigeria Ebola-free on 20 October 2014.

Why this matters

Most-cited success case of importation containment during the West Africa epidemic; demonstrated rapid response could halt secondary transmission in a megacity.

Sources

English