About: Meliandou

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Meliandou is a village in Guéckédou Prefecture, in the Nzérékoré Region of southern Guinea. Medical researchers believe that the village was the location of the first known case of Ebola virus disease in the epidemic in West Africa. The patient zero of Ebola was a two-year-old boy who died in 2013. The boy's pregnant mother, sister, and grandmother also became ill with symptoms consistent with Ebola infection and died. People infected by those victims later spread the disease to other villages.

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  • Meliandou is a village in Guéckédou Prefecture, in the Nzérékoré Region of southern Guinea. Medical researchers believe that the village was the location of the first known case of Ebola virus disease in the epidemic in West Africa. The patient zero of Ebola was a two-year-old boy who died in 2013. The boy's pregnant mother, sister, and grandmother also became ill with symptoms consistent with Ebola infection and died. People infected by those victims later spread the disease to other villages. Prior to the Ebola outbreak, the villagers sold their farm produce to the nearby town of Guéckédou. As of October 2014, they found themselves unable to sell their products anymore. (en)
  • Méliandou est un village de la préfecture de Guéckédou, dans la région de Nzérékoré sud de la république de Guinée. (fr)
  • Meliandou adalah sebuah desa di Prefektur Guéckédou, di Wilayah Nzerekore bagian selatan Guinea. Peneliti medis percaya bahwa desa ini adalah lokasi pertama yang diketahui kasus penyakit virus Ebola dalam epidemi di Afrika Barat. Pasien pertama Ebola adalah anak laki-laki berumur dua tahun yang meninggal pada tahun 2013. Ibunya yang sedang hamil, adik perempuannya, dan neneknya juga menjadi sakit dengan gejala yang konsisten dengan infeksi Ebola dan meninggal. Orang yang terinfeksi oleh para korban tersebut kemudian menyebarkan penyakit ke desa-desa lain. Sebelum wabah Ebola, warga desa menjual hasil pertanian ke kota terdekat Guéckédou. Hingga Oktober 2014, mereka tidak mampu menjual produk mereka lagi akibat epidemi ebola. (in)
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  • Méliandou est un village de la préfecture de Guéckédou, dans la région de Nzérékoré sud de la république de Guinée. (fr)
  • Meliandou is a village in Guéckédou Prefecture, in the Nzérékoré Region of southern Guinea. Medical researchers believe that the village was the location of the first known case of Ebola virus disease in the epidemic in West Africa. The patient zero of Ebola was a two-year-old boy who died in 2013. The boy's pregnant mother, sister, and grandmother also became ill with symptoms consistent with Ebola infection and died. People infected by those victims later spread the disease to other villages. (en)
  • Meliandou adalah sebuah desa di Prefektur Guéckédou, di Wilayah Nzerekore bagian selatan Guinea. Peneliti medis percaya bahwa desa ini adalah lokasi pertama yang diketahui kasus penyakit virus Ebola dalam epidemi di Afrika Barat. Pasien pertama Ebola adalah anak laki-laki berumur dua tahun yang meninggal pada tahun 2013. Ibunya yang sedang hamil, adik perempuannya, dan neneknya juga menjadi sakit dengan gejala yang konsisten dengan infeksi Ebola dan meninggal. Orang yang terinfeksi oleh para korban tersebut kemudian menyebarkan penyakit ke desa-desa lain. (in)
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  • Meliandou (in)
  • Méliandou (fr)
  • Meliandou (en)
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