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Africa CDC sends Ebola experts to investigate Nigeria's first case in over a decade

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Africa CDC sends Ebola experts to investigate Nigeria's first case in over a decade

  • FactTeam led by Ebola co-discoverer Jean-Jacques Muyembe will probe how the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat contracted Bundibugyo virus, exploring possible links to a Kenya case at Entebbe airport; DRC outbreak has caused nearly 10,000 cases and over 4,600 deaths; virus has now spread to Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria with many unknowns remaining.
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