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The Ministry of Health of Nigeria has reported the first probable case of Ebola virus disease (EVD). The case is a 40-year-old Liberian national who recently travelled to Nigeria where he presented at hospital with symptoms of EVD. The patient travelled by air and arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, on 20 July via Lomé, Togo. He was symptomatic while travelling and was admitted to hospital immediately on arrival and died on 25 July. On 22 July, preliminary laboratory analysis in Lagos University Teaching Hospital tested positive for Ebola virus. The sample has been sent to the Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, for confirmation.
The Nigerian Ministry of Health is working closely with WHO and partners to ensure that this case is contained at the source.
(Via WHO AFRO - accessed 28/07/14)
The risk of travellers becoming infected or developing Ebola haemorrhagic fever is extremely low, unless there has been direct contact with blood or bodily fluids of dead or living infected persons or animals. Healthcare workers are at particular risk, although practising appropriate infection control should effectively prevent transmission of disease in this setting.
Travellers returning from tropical countries should always seek rapid medical attention if they develop flu-like symptoms (such as fever, headache, diarrhoea or general malaise) within three weeks after return, and be reminded to mention to their health care provider that they have recently travelled.
