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Brazil says it has a suspected Ebola case Brazil says first suspected Ebola case tests negative
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Brazil says it has identified a suspected Ebola case who arrived in the country on Thursday. Brazil says a Guinean man who had been suspected of having Ebola has tested negative for the disease.
The patient, Souleymane Bah from Guinea, presented himself after coming down with a fever at a public health centre in the town of Cascavel in the southern state of Parana. The man arrived in the country on Thursday and had been quarantined.
He has been flown to Rio de Janeiro to the National Institute of Infectology. Souleymane Bah went to a public health centre in the town of Cascavel in the southern state of Parana after suffering a fever.
Doctors say he no longer has a fever and blood test results are expected on Saturday. He was flown to the National Institute of Infectology in Rio de Janeiro but fears he was the country's first case of Ebola infection proved unfounded.
Health Minister Arthur Chioro said the situation was under control and "all health protocols and procedures were applied efficiently and with great success". Health Minister Arthur Chioro said "all health protocols and procedures were applied efficiently and with great success".
Guinea is one of the three West African countries most affected by Ebola.Guinea is one of the three West African countries most affected by Ebola.
Mr Bah's symptoms appeared on the 20th day after he left Guinea - within the 21-day incubation period. Mr Bah's symptoms appeared on the 20th day after he left Guinea - within the 21-day incubation period. He no longer has the fever.
But since his arrival he has not shown any symptoms and his fever has not returned.
Mr Bah arrived in Brazil as a refugee and was granted leave to remain until 2015 by immigration police.Mr Bah arrived in Brazil as a refugee and was granted leave to remain until 2015 by immigration police.
Sixty-four people who came into contact with Mr Bah, mostly in the health centre in Parana, are also being monitored for symptoms of Ebola, although the Health Ministry says they are considered low risk. Sixty-four people who came into contact with Mr Bah, mostly in the health centre in Parana, were monitored for symptoms of Ebola.
Concerns have been expressed about what route Mr Bah took to get to Brazil.
The authorities in Argentina are concerned he may have come to South America through one of the country's airports or ports.
The Brazilian Health Ministry says it has contacted the World Health Organisation about these concerns.