Meliandou, Guinea
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Meliandou, Guinea is a small village in southeastern Guinea widely recognized as the origin point of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meliandou | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| associatedDisease | Ebola virus disease ⓘ |
| associatedWith | possible bat-related zoonotic origin hypotheses for Ebola virus ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryCallingCode | +224 ⓘ |
| countryOfficialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| epidemicSpreadFrom | Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epidemicSpreadTo |
Guinea
ⓘ
surface form:
Liberia
Sierra Leone ⓘ other West African countries ⓘ |
| epidemiologicalStatus | probable source location of initial human-to-human Ebola transmission in West Africa 2014–2016 ⓘ |
| governedBy | local village authorities under Guinean administrative structures ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
small-scale farming
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | rural forested area of southeastern Guinea ⓘ |
| hasGlobalImpact | triggered international public health emergency response due to Ebola outbreak origin ⓘ |
| hasHealthEvent | early cluster of Ebola virus disease cases in 2013–2014 ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructureCharacteristic | limited health infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| hasRoleInEvent | index location of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ |
| indexCaseAge | 2 ⓘ |
| indexCaseDateApprox | December 2013 ⓘ |
| indexCaseDescription | young child believed to be the first known case in the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guéckédou Prefecture
ⓘ
Nzérékoré Region ⓘ southeastern Guinea ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
World Health Organization reports on Ebola virus disease in West Africa
ⓘ
scientific literature on the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith |
Guinea
ⓘ
surface form:
Liberia
Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa ⓘ |
| outbreakEndYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| outbreakStartYear |
2013
ⓘ
2014 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Guéckédou Prefecture
ⓘ
surface form:
Guéckédou sub-prefecture
rural Guinea ⓘ |
| publicHealthSignificance | site of earliest detected human cases in the largest recorded Ebola outbreak ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | origin point of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ |
| regionLanguage |
Kissi
ⓘ
other local languages of southeastern Guinea ⓘ |
| riskFactorContext | limited surveillance and health-care access at time of outbreak ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
epidemiological investigations by international health organizations
ⓘ
field studies on zoonotic spillover of Ebola virus ⓘ |
| timeZone | Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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