Table 1 Possible sources of infection for the index case
Contact with EVD patient(s) in the course of his work as a pharmacist | Â |
Contact with EVD patient(s) when he had a tooth extracted at a local Government Hospital, which was, at that time, a major hotspot of EVD | Â |
Contact with a traditional healer, who reportedly came from Guinea to treat the index case, who may have been infected | Â |
Contact with EVD patient(s) at a holding centre he was taken to for testing because he was symptomatic following the tooth extraction | Â |
Unknown source of infection (e.g. community) | Â |