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Authorities In Dallas Looking For Man Who Had Contact With Ebola Patient >"We have our Dallas County Sheriff's Department and Dallas Police Department teams on the ground," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a statement. "We are working to locate the individual and get him to a comfortable, compassionate place where we can monitor him and care for his every need for the full incubation period." The Dallas Morning News reports the man, who may be homeless, was in the ambulance that took Duncan to the hospital. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/05/353889266/authorities-in-dallas-looking-for-man-who-had-contact-with-ebola-patient?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialAlso:
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MARBURG VIRUS JOINS IN THE FUN http://news.yahoo.com/man-dies-ebola-marburg-virus-uganda-192903000.html
>Kampala (AFP) - A hospital technician has died of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Kampala, the Ugandan government announced on Sunday.Related Stories
>The man, aged 30, died in the Mengo hospital where he worked in the capital of the east African country on September 28, 11 days after falling ill, the authorities said.
>Tests confirmed the presence of the disease two days later.
>The Marburg virus is one of the most deadly known pathogens. Like Ebola, it causes severe bleeding, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea.
>The victim's brother and one other person he was in contact with have so far "developed signs" of the disease, the ministry of health said in a statement.
>"So far, a total of 80 people who got into contact with the initial confirmed case have been identified and isolated" for the 21-day incubation period, it added. Mark Wahlberg isn't pleased