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Zaire ebolavirus · Dakar · verified historical

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Category
Zaire ebolavirus
Secondary
Confirmed
1
Suspected
0
Deaths
0
Case fatality rate (%)
0
Status
historical

Summary

A Guinean student travelled from Guéckédou to Dakar while symptomatic and was diagnosed with Ebola at a hospital in Dakar. He recovered. No secondary transmission occurred and WHO declared Senegal Ebola-free on 17 October 2014.

Why this matters

Demonstrated successful single-case containment with no secondary spread despite a long pre-diagnosis exposure window.

Sources

English