Ugandan Patient Suspected of Ebola Positive Test for Malaria in the RJ
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Patient presented cough, chills and diarrhea; initial exams indicated malaria, but research continues
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Folha de S.PauloTraveler is from Uganda
The Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, part of Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation), has been investigating since Saturday (May 30, 2026) the case of a Belgian traveler who arrived in Rio de Janeiro from Uganda with viral symptoms. Initial biological samples tested positive for malaria, but the patient's blood test results are still pending. Fiocruz activated its protocol for specialized care as soon as the man arrived at the…
The National Institute of Infectology Evandro Chagas, of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), has been investigating since Saturday (30) the case of a Belgian traveler who came from Uganda, Africa, to Rio de Janeiro with viral symptoms. The result of the patient's blood test was not completed, but the first biological samples were positive only for malaria. As soon as the man arrived at the Evandro Chagas Institute with cough, chills and diarr…
The man coming from Uganda, in Africa, presented symptoms and is in isolation. Protocol for confirmation of Ebola has been activated
In the late afternoon of this Saturday (30), the Center for Strategic Information in Health Surveillance (Cyevs) of Rio de Janeiro received a patient from Uganda, Africa, with viral symptoms, who lit the alert for the possibility of Ebola. So far, the man received a positive diagnosis of malaria, but remains in isolation until the diagnosis of Ebola is discarded. The patient was transferred to the Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chaga…
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