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A 37-year-old man suspected of having Ebola in São Paulo tested positive for meningococcal meningitis, but investigation for the hemorrhagic virus continues. The patient, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, recently visited his home country — where an Ebola outbreak is ongoing — and presented fever, being hospitalized at the Emílio Ribas Institute of Infectology. ✓
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"A Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de São Paulo informou à CNN Brasil que foi confirmado que o homem que foi classificado como suspeito do vírus Ebola teve o resultado positivo para a bactéria da meningite meningocócica"
The Adolfo Lutz Institute confirmed the presence of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria in the patient, according to the Disease Control Coordination of the State Health Department. "There is laboratory confirmation of the bacteria causing meningococcal meningitis by the Adolfo Lutz Institute, within the differential diagnosis process. Still, the investigation for Ebola remains ongoing until completion of specific analyses," said Regiane de Paula, health coordinator of the department. ✓
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"Há confirmação laboratorial da bactéria causadora da meningite meningocócica pelo Instituto Adolfo Lutz, dentro do processo de diagnóstico diferencial. Ainda assim, a investigação para Ebola permanece em andamento até a conclusão das análises específicas", afirma Regiane de Paula"
The case was classified as suspicious after the patient presented fever and travel history to a region with Ebola transmission in the last 21 days, according to current epidemiological criteria. The man arrived at Emílio Ribas in serious condition, with diarrhea, disorientation and rapid clinical deterioration, requiring intubation, according to the Ministry of Health. Previously, he had been treated at an emergency unit with initial suspicion of malaria. ✓
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"Antes de ser transferido para o Emílio Ribas, o homem foi atendido em uma Unidade de Pronto Atendimento (UPA), onde apresentou febre alta e exames inconclusivos para malária. Ao chegar ao instituto, já estava em estado grave, com diarreia, desorientação e rápida piora clínica, sendo necessária a intubação"
The Democratic Republic of Congo faces an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola officially declared on May 15, with more than a thousand suspected cases and 246 deaths reported by the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. The World Health Organization classified the event as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on May 16, after exported cases to Uganda. ?
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"A República Democrática do Congo recebeu o diretor-geral da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), Tedros Adhanom na última semana. Com mais de mil casos suspeitos e quase 250 óbitos"
The São Paulo Health Department assesses that the risk of Ebola introduction in Brazil remains very low, citing the historical absence of transmission in the South American continent, the lack of direct flights from the affected region and the need for direct contact with body fluids from symptomatic people for transmission. People who had contact with the patient during travel and initial medical care are being monitored. ✓
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"as autoridades sanitárias brasileiras avaliam que o risco de introdução da doença no Brasil e na América do Sul permanece muito baixo. Entre os fatores apontados estão a inexistência de transmissão histórica da enfermidade no continente, a ausência de voos diretos entre as áreas afetadas e a necessidade de contato direto com fluidos corporais de pessoas sintomáticas"
The patient tested positive for meningococcal meningitis
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The patient was in serious condition and was intubated
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When will the definitive Ebola test results be released?
Why it's still unknown: Sources mention results should be ready within 48 hours, but don't specify the exact deadline from when
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How many people are being monitored for having contact with the patient?
Why it's still unknown: Authorities confirmed monitoring of contacts on the plane and at the emergency unit, but haven't released specific numbers
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Was the patient specifically in the Congolese provinces where the Ebola outbreak is concentrated?
Why it's still unknown: The patient remains sedated and it has not yet been possible to confirm his exact itinerary in Congo