Ebola 1996 - Ebola haemorrhagic fever in South Africa

18 November 1996 Disease Outbreak Reported A case of Ebola haemorrhagic fever was confirmed in a nurse on 16 November. The illness started with mild fever on 2 November and progressed to severe headache on 6 November when she was admitted to hospital with suspected encephalitis. No evidence of encephalitis was found in cerebrospinal fluid. The patient developed a fine rash and diarrhoea and platelet count which had been low on admission continued to fall.…