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Wed, 2015-07-01 07:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

uk.reuters.com - Reporting by Alphonso Toweh; Writing by Emma Farge; Editing by Daniel Flynn - July 1, 2015

Liberia confirmed a second case of Ebola on Tuesday just a day after authorities said they had detected a new case of the deadly virus previously thought to have been eliminated from the West African country, a senior health official said. . . .

. . . ”We have two confirmed cases today in Liberia," said Dr. Moses Massaquoi, case management team leader for Liberia's Ebola task force. He did not provide details of the new case. . . .

. . . A message from the Twitter account of the Liberian information ministry said that two people from the teenager's home had been confirmed as Ebola positive. It was not immediately possible to verify that information, nor was it clear if that included the case cited by Massaquoi.

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Wed, 2015-07-01 08:22 — Kathy Gilbeaux

         

Nurses at C.H. Rennie Hospital in Kakata, Margibi County resumed testing duties Tuesday as a suspected case was sent to Gbarnga, Bong County for testing

frontpageafricaonline.com - by Samwar S. Fallah, Monica Melton - July 1, 2015

Kakata, Margibi County - The source of Liberia’s new confirmed case of the deadly Ebola virus remains unknown . . . 

. . . speculations with news that the deceased and others ate a rotten dog meat. According to sources in the village the 17-year old boy along with others exhumed the body of dead dog that had been buried and used it for meal. 

Although animals to human transmission is one major source of the deadly virus but domestic animals such as dog are yet to be established as one of the modes of transmission of Ebola. In its effort to trace the source of the virus the Ministry of Health looks to be heavily relying on the dog eating news from villagers. Accordingly a friend to the deceased also a teenager has fallen sick after eating the dog meat along with his late friend and others. A pregnant woman who is believed to have cooked the dog is also said to be sick.

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Thu, 2015-07-02 17:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux

allafrica.com - eboladeeply.org - by Kate Thomas - July 2, 2015

"Two live cases, in 24-year-old and 27-year-old males, are now in isolation at an Ebola treatment unit," Nyenswah said on Thursday. "We are painstakingly investigating the cause of transmission." . . .

. . . Gbinee raised one possibility: "Before Abraham got sick, a group of gentlemen in the village cooked a dog and shared it around," he said. "He was one of those who ate it. But we've never heard of anyone catching Ebola this way before. Is it even possible?"

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Wed, 2015-07-08 16:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

reuters.com - by Emma Farge - July 7, 2015

A dead dog suspected of being the possible source for the re-emergence of Ebola in Liberia has tested negative for the disease, two health officials said on Tuesday, quoting initial findings.

Residents say that Liberia's first victim of the virus since the country was declared Ebola-free in early May had shared a dog meat meal with residents shortly before he died on June 28.

Researchers have since retrieved the carcass of the dog from the village of Nedowein in Margibi County and tested the remains for Ebola, the sources said.

"I learned today the result was negative, but we have to be careful because the remains are in bad condition and the test is designed for humans," said a health official in Liberia who asked for anonymity since research is ongoing.

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Sat, 2015-07-18 09:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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