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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Guinean toddler was West Africa's Patient Zero in Ebola outbreak

In this photo provided by UNICEF on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, a person holds a family photograph of a new-born Emile, known as patient zero and his mother and father. The first known victim of the current Ebola outbreak was 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno, who lived in the picturesque forest village of Meliandou with his parents and three sisters, including 4-year-old Philomene. The boy fell sick last December with a mysterious illness that caused fever, black stools and vomiting. About a week after his death, Philomene got sick and died. She was shortly followed by the children's pregnant mother and grandmother. (AP Photo/UNICEF, Beukes) LONDON - In the Guinean village where the current West African Ebola outbreak began, 14 graves mark the spot where the lethal virus began to spiral out of control.




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