ギニアで発生したエボラ出血熱は、感染死亡率が90%に達し、これまでに確認されただけで感染者122人、感染死亡者78人。国境を越えて隣国のリベリアやシエラ=レオネにも伝播。ギニア国内では、Marian Gueckedou県, Macenta Kissidongou県, Nzerekore県, Conakry県に伝播。
El brote de Ébola en Guinea alcanza una escala “sin precedentes”, según una ONG
Médicos Sin Fronteras eleva la cifra de muertos a 78, frente a los 72 de los que habló el presidente guineano el domingo
El Ébola llega a la ciudad
El Ébola se confirma en Liberia
Agencias Nairobi / Madrid 31 MAR 2014 - 21:06 CET
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The Ebola outbreak in Guinea reaches a scale "unprecedented," according to an NGO
Doctors Without Borders raised the death toll to 78, compared with 72 of the Guinean president spoke Sunday
Ebola comes to town
Ebola confirmed in Liberia
Agencies Nairobi / Madrid 31 MAR 2014 - 21:06 CET
Doctors Without Borders ( MSF ) said the outbreak of Ebola in Equatorial Guinea , which has spread to Liberia ( where WHO confirmed Monday two dead ) and Sierra Leone, both bordering countries, constitutes an " unprecedented epidemic " . This was stated on Monday afternoon coordinator in Conakry (capital of Guinea) , Mariano Lugli , through a statement.
"We face an epidemic of a magnitude never seen before in terms of distribution of cases in the country," he says, adding that " the vast spread of the outbreak is worrying," and will hinder the work of organizations that are trying to contorlar the epidemic. In Guinea, the virus has spread in four prefectures ( 33 , which are grouped into 8 regions ) : Gueckedou , Macenta Kissidougou , Nzerekore and Conakry. MSF has sent 60 professionals Guinea between health , sanitation experts and anthropologists. The NGO has chartered 40 tons of material to try to contain the spread of the disease.
MSF has sent 60 professionals to try to contain the spread of the virus
This disease has no known vaccine or treatment. "To date , the Guinean health authorities have posted 122 suspected cases and 78 deaths ," stressed Doctors Without Borders. The numbers are higher than those offered on Sunday by President Alpha Condé , who Habo of 72 dead and 112 infected cases . According to Condé , international aid has enabled the Government to take the necessary measures to control the epidemic and said the country could be " optimistic" ahead of a quick resolution of the problem.
The NGOs working in Guinea since 2001 , has said the springs is the Zaire strain of Ebola , which is " the most aggressive and lethal form of the virus known ." According to Michel Van Herp , an epidemiologist at the organization , this mutation kills more than 90 % of infected people. " To stop the outbreak is important to track the chain of transmission ," said Van Herp . " All contacts of patients who have been infected should monitor and isolate at the first sign of infection ."
The Ebola virus first emerged in 1976 in Zaire ( now Democratic Republic of Congo) and Sudan. It is transmitted by direct contact with blood and body fluids and tissues of infected people or animals . Zaire strain has one of the highest rates of mortality human disease virus .
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