Senegal has started an emergency investigation, after tracing its first case of Ebola back to a 21-year-old student from neighboring Guinea. After being falsely diagnosed with malaria three days after his arrival in Senegal, he was sent back home to a relative's house. His symptoms included fever, diarrhea and vomiting.
A few days later, after Guinea issued a warning that someone had escaped the quarantine, he was diagnosed as carrying the deadly virus. Since then, he has been in quarantine in Dakar and an urgent trace investigation has been initiated.
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