Brazil monitors two patients for possible Ebola infection
Summary
Brazil is watching two patients in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who might have Ebola. Both have shown symptoms, but they were also diagnosed with other diseases, and test results for Ebola are expected next week.Key Facts
- Two patients in Brazil are being monitored for possible Ebola infection.
- One patient is a 37-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) in São Paulo.
- The other is a Belgian man in Rio de Janeiro who recently arrived from Uganda.
- Both patients showed symptoms similar to Ebola, such as fever, cough, and chills.
- Test results for Ebola will be available next week.
- If confirmed, these would be the first Ebola cases outside Africa since the current outbreak began.
- The man in São Paulo tested positive for meningitis, and the Belgian man tested positive for malaria.
- The outbreak in DR Congo involves a rare strain called Bundibugyo, which has no proven vaccine and kills about one-third of those infected.
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