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Brazilian health authorities are investigating two suspected ebola cases — one in São Paulo and another in Rio de Janeiro — involving men who recently traveled to African countries with active disease outbreaks. Both patients presented compatible symptoms but tested positive for other illnesses: meningococcal meningitis in São Paulo and malaria in Rio. ✓
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"Autoridades de saúde no Brasil estão investigando dois casos suspeitos de ebola nas cidades de São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro"
The São Paulo patient is a 37-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of Congo who presented with fever, meeting the suspected ebola case definition. According to São Paulo's State Health Department, he is hospitalized in isolation at the Emílio Ribas Institute of Infectology following biosafety protocols, but there is no laboratory confirmation of the disease yet. The Adolfo Lutz Institute identified Neisseria meningitidis through qPCR, but ebola had not been ruled out as of May 31. ?
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"O paciente, um homem de 37 anos, de procedência da República Democrática do Congo, país com áreas de transmissão da doença, e viagem recente ao território, apresentou sintomas como febre, preenchendo a definição de caso suspeito. Ele está internado em isolamento no Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, unidade estadual de referência para atendimento de casos suspeitos ou confirmados, seguindo os protocolos de biossegurança previstos. Até o momento, não há confirmação laboratorial da doença."
In Rio, a Belgian traveler who was in Uganda presented viral symptoms including cough, chills and diarrhea, testing positive for malaria. Rio's State Health Department activated safety measures as a precaution, and the patient remains under investigation at the Fiocruz Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectology. ✓
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"a Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro informou que ativou medidas de segurança devido ao caso de um homem procedente de Uganda "com sintomas virais, como tosse, calafrios e diarreia". A prefeitura do Rio disse em um e-mail enviado à AFP que o paciente testou positivo para malária e que "o caso segue em investigação"."
The context is the ebola outbreak declared by the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 15, 2026. According to the World Health Organization, as of May 27 there were 125 confirmed cases with 17 confirmed deaths, plus 906 suspected cases with 223 deaths among suspected cases, distributed across 13 health zones in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. More recent Africa CDC data shows 282 confirmed cases with 42 deaths as of May 31. ?
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"As of 27 May 2026, a total of 125 confirmed cases including 17 deaths (CFR 14%); and 906 suspected cases including 223 deaths have been reported from 13 health zones (HZ) in Ituri (7/36 HZ), North Kivu (5/35 HZ) and South Kivu Provinces (1/34 HZ)"
"The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country has increased to 282, with 42 deaths, after 19 new positive test results were recorded, according to data distributed by the communications ministry"
Brazilian authorities assess that the risk of ebola introduction into the country remains very low, considering the absence of historical local transmission in South America, the lack of direct flights from affected regions to Brazil, and the fact that transmission requires direct contact with body fluids of symptomatic people. ◦
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"A avaliação técnica aponta que o risco de introdução da doença no Brasil e na América do Sul permanece muito baixo"
Both patients were in African countries with active ebola outbreaks
Covered by only some sources, or where the accounts diverge.
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The São Paulo patient was in serious condition, intubated and sedated
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Death toll numbers in DRC outbreak
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Final ebola test results for both patients
Why it's still unknown: According to São Paulo authorities, as of May 31 ebola had not been ruled out for the São Paulo patient despite the meningitis diagnosis
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Whether the São Paulo patient was in the specific Congolese provinces where the outbreak is concentrated
Why it's still unknown: The patient was sedated and intubated, preventing confirmation of his specific itinerary in Congo
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How many people are being monitored for contact with the patients
Why it's still unknown: Authorities mentioned contact monitoring but did not release specific numbers