Ebola Returns to Liberia: Where Did It Come From?

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http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-returns-lib ... 51099.html

Ebola Returns to Liberia: Where Did It Come From, and Could It Spread?

The return of Ebola in Liberia — with three new cases reported this week in the previously Ebola-free country — is worrisome, and raises questions about whether Liberia was really free of the disease to begin with, experts say.

Liberian health officials reported the death of a 17-year-old boy from Ebola on Sunday, and two other cases of Ebola in people who were with the boy when he died, according to ABC News. The country is now monitoring more than 100 people who had contact with the boy who died, and this number is expected to increase, according to the World Health Organization.

The new cases are the first in Liberia since the country was declared free of the disease on May 9. Health officials typically wait 42 days after the last case of infection has resolved to declare a country Ebola-free, because this is twice as long as the 21-day incubation period (the time it takes for a person infected with the virus to show symptoms) of the virus.

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[mistermack]

In a country like Liberia, you can't confidently declare it Ebola-free for a long time after the last case.

It's very possible, with poor reporting in country areas, that it can linger unnoticed.
Or maybe the dogs kept it going?