Ebola in Senegal is now being reported by health authorities there. This case occurred in a 21 year old student from Guinea and was discovered one week after Senegal closed its borders to the African nations most hard hit by the outbreak.
The patient was discovered when he presented to health officials for a checkup. He is now being kept in isolation at Fann Hospital.
Ebola presents with non-specific symptoms initially and can progress to hemorrhage and cardiac, liver, and renal failure.
Senegal, per Vespignani’s model, is considered one of the ten countries most likely to have an introduced case of Ebola. The U.S. is also in this top-ten list.
His model’s projected spread of Ebola is fairly terrifying.
http://news.sciencemag.org/health/2014/08/disease-modelers-project-rapidly-rising-toll-ebola#disqus_thread