Souleymane Bah who came from Guinea to Brazil reportedly has Ebola like symptoms, including the high fever, but not vomiting. Souleymane Bah has since been put into isolation while doctors down in Brazil try and figure if Bah does have Ebola, or it’s just another false alarm. If Souleymane Bah does have Ebola, this would be the first case of Ebola in Brazil, with the Summer Olympics less than two years away.
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While the Wall Street Journal notes there has been no official confirmation of the man’s identity, Brazilian newspaper O Globo is identifying the man as Souleymane Bah, a native of Guinea. He is believed to have arrived in Brazil on September 19, and his symptoms arising this week would still have occurred within the 21-day period in which Ebola usually begins to display outward symptoms of its presence. The AFP notes there is still a chance that he does not have Ebola, however, as his symptoms are also compatible with other diseases that naturally occur in Brazil, like dengue fever or malaria.
O Globo reports that doctors are still awaiting confirmation of the presence of the Ebola virus in the man’s body. The newspaper also acquired documents from the nation’s immigration authority, in which, should the man the newspaper identifies also be the same man quarantined for Ebola, he will be legally allowed to remain in the country until September 22, 2015.