Mayinga N'Seka | |
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 This 1976 photograph shows two nurses standing in front of Kinshasa case #3 (Nurse Mayinga) who was treated and later died in Ngaliema Hospital, in Kinshasa, Zaïre. The nurses are not wearing proper personal protective equipment. | |
| Born | 1954 |
| Died | October 19, 1976 (aged 22) |
| Cause of death | Zaire ebolavirus |
| Nationality | Zairian |
| Occupation | Nurse |
| Employer(s) | Mbalad Hospital, Kinshasa |
| Known for | Early casualty of 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak, incorrectly identified as index case |
Mayinga N'Seka (1954 – October 19, 1976 in Kinshasa) was a nurse in Zaïre, now Democratic Republic of the Congo. She died from Ebola virus disease during the 1976 epidemic in Zaïre. She has been incorrectly identified as the index case by several sources, but a World Health Organization commission report on the outbreak lists a man from Yambuku, Mabalo Lokela, as the index case.[1] Lokela, a 44-year-old who had been buying meat in Sudan, died on September 8, 1976, over a month before N'Seka.[2]
- ^ "Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Zaire, 1976" (PDF). Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 56 (6): 271. 1978. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ Justice Elima, Dr James (24 June 2019). "Will Ebola change the game or the goal post?". New Vision. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
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