Nigeria confirms its first Ebola case is Bundibugyo strain
The strain was Bundibugyo, confirms Olajumoke Babatunde, Director, Public Health Lab Service at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Hindu reports that the strain was Bundibugyo, confirms Olajumoke Babatunde, Director, Public Health Lab Service at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
We did three levels of tests, but all molecular.
This world story centres on Nigeria. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Bundibugyo, Ebola and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
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- Bundibugyo, Ebola, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Olajumoke Babatunde
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