Dois possíveis casos de Ebola no Brasil descartados após testes negativos

Casos suspeitos de Ebola no Brasil são descartados após testes negativos; pacientes voltaram de África com sintomas, não houve transmissão

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Dois casos suspeitos de Ebola no Brasil foram descartados após testes negativos para o vírus.
Em São Paulo, um homem de 37 anos, que viajou para a República Democrática do Congo, apresentava febre; ele já havia sido diagnosticado com meningite.
No Rio de Janeiro, outro passageiro que havia viajado recentemente para Uganda também testou negativo para Ebola após ter resultado positivo para malária.
Autoridades destacaram que, se algum desses casos tivesse sido confirmado, seria o primeiro registro de Ebola fora da África desde o início do surto na RDC.
O surto na RDC segue com mais de mil casos suspeitos e dezenas de mortes; Uganda já confirmou nove casos e uma morte.

Two suspected Ebola cases in Brazil have been ruled out after tests came back negative, according to local health authorities.

In São Paulo, a 37-year-old man who had travelled to the DR Congo showed fever and other symptoms. He had previously tested positive for meningitis, but Ebola was ruled out after diagnostic tests.

In Rio de Janeiro, another patient who had recently travelled to Uganda tested negative for Ebola. The man had tested positive for malaria and presented viral symptoms such as cough, chills and diarrhoea. He is described as a Belgian national.

Situação no Brasil

Authorities say the São Paulo case and the Rio de Janeiro case, if positive, would have marked the first Ebola infections outside Africa since the outbreak began in DR Congo. No additional cases are reported, and both individuals are undergoing routine follow-up.

Contexto da epidemia na África

DR Congo reports more than 1.000 suspected cases with at least 246 deaths, concentrated in Ituri and the North and South Kivu provinces. Uganda has confirmed nine cases and one death. The current outbreak is linked to the Bundibugyo strain, which has no proven vaccine. Three vaccines are under development to tackle this strain.