### [2014-08-29](/feed/2014/08/29/index.md)

##### 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak
# The first case of Ebola virus is reported in Senegal. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2014-08-29-Ebola/id-fe7edfb0f04145cda429589ef715c967)

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