Outbreak: Ebola Virus Disease

 

Photto Credit: Rogers, Kara. "Ebola outbreak". Encyclopedia Britannica

An acutely ill traveler from Liberia arrived at the international airport in Lagos, Nigeria on the 20th of July, 2014, and was confirmed to have Ebola virus disease (Ebola) after being admitted to a private hospital. This index patient potentially exposed 72 persons at the airport and the hospital. The Federal Ministry of Health, with guidance from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), declared an Ebola emergency. On July 23, the Federal Ministry of Health, with the Lagos State government and international partners, activated an Ebola Incident Management Centre as a precursor to the current Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to rapidly respond to this outbreak. The index patient died on July 25; as of September 24, there were 19 laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases and one probable case in two states, with 894 contacts identified and followed during the response. Eleven patients with laboratory-confirmed Ebola had been discharged, an additional patient was diagnosed at convalescent stage, and eight patients had died (seven with confirmed Ebola; one probable). The isolation wards were empty, and 891 (all but three) contacts had exited follow-up, with the remainder due to exit on October 2. No new cases had occurred since August 31, suggesting that the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria might be contained.

Culled: CDC