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| Ebola re-emerges in Liberia, declared disease-free on 9 May |
| 2015-07-03 |
| [Reuters] Liberia confirmed a third Ebola case on Thursday, nearly two months after it was declared Ebola free, and officials said they were investigating whether the disease had spread through animals before resurfacing. Dr Moses Massaquoi, case management team leader for Liberia's Ebola task force, said the three villagers who had tested positive for the disease "have a history of having had dog meat together." The first new Liberian sufferer died on Sunday in Nedowein village, about 50 km (30 miles) from the capital Monrovia. Two others have since tested positive in the village. Some locals said the deceased and others in the village had recently dug up and eaten a dead dog. It has not been proved that dogs can carry the virus, although humans have been infected by eating monkey flesh in past outbreaks. Liberia, worst hit by the West African Ebola outbreak last year, had been declared Ebola free on May 9. None of the new victims is known to have traveled to Guinea or Sierra Leone, and Nedowein is far from Liberia's borders, leading to speculation that there could be hidden pockets of the virus or new means of transmission. |
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