Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case Imported From Uganda

Overview

• Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in a woman who arrived from Uganda and is now isolated in Abuja.
• The health ministry says the patient was treated for several days in a private hospital before the diagnosis and has been identified as a diplomat.
• Officials have identified 44 people who had contact with the patient and are tracing and isolating those contacts for monitoring.
• Molecular tests found the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, the same type linked to a large outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• The case highlights how international air travel can seed new infections and puts a focus on surveillance at airports and in hospitals to prevent onward transmission.