The boy became sick November 14 and sought medical help.
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Bruce Aylward, who leads the Ebola response for the UN World Health Organization, said the patient had no history of contact with an Ebola survivor or victim.
Aylward said the investigation is still under way, but the infection is likely related to a reintroduction from persistent virus in a survivor. For example, scientists have shown that the virus remains present for months in the semen of a few men who recover from the disease, and could, in rare cases, be transmitted through unprotected sex. “It’s not clear the mode of transmission”. His infection with the deadly virus was confirmed over the past 48 hours, but health investigators have not been able to determine how he was exposed.
With 4,808 deaths from Ebola, Liberia has the highest number of fatalities from the outbreak, followed by Sierra Leone and Guinea. The first cases of the virus were reported by late March 2014.
More than 17,000 others survived. “Liberia is now highly experienced at discontinuing Ebola bunches, and with vigilance, they’ll do it again”. Doctors have found Ebola lingering in the eyes and spinal fluid of a few survivors.
Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, seizing 170 guests and staff in an ongoing hostage-taking, the hotel chain said… “But the only place that we have evidence that it persists at any appreciable level is in the semen”. Health officials are calling this the country’s fourth wave of Ebola virus.
Another concern of the consultant is the existence of a Secrecy Act in Sierra Leone, which prevents government officials to divulge information to citizens.
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“At this time, we are still gathering information to identify possible contacts to ensure all individuals are notified and if necessary, receive care”, Dahn said in a statement.
