Mononegavirales

Croatia is monitoring 18 citizens who have returned from Africa for the deadly Ebola virus as a precautionary measure.

Of the 18, 17 are sailors who have been working on oil platforms in Nigeria, while one is a peace corps soldier who was stationed in Liberia - the country worst hit by the epidemic.

Balkans take precautions against spread of Ebola

Seventeen patients infected with Ebola were unaccounted for on Sunday after they fled an armed raid on a quarantine centre in Monrovia by men who claimed the epidemic is a fiction.
      

A 34-year-old citizen has been quarantined in a southeastern Turkish town, rekindling fears of a possible case of the Ebola virus.

The patient, who works in Uganda and was visiting his hometown, was taken to an isolated room at the infection service of Çukurova University Balcalı Hospital in the Osmaniye province, Anadolu Agency reported Aug. 15.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned athletes from west African countries affected by the deadly Ebola virus from competing in some events at the Youth Olympics, starting in China this weekend.

A Nigerian woman, who was taken to the hospital on the suspicion being inflicted by the Ebola virus, left Turkey after leaving the hospital Aug. 14, as doctors diagnosed her with Malaria.

Albania is recovering from false Ebola alarm after police detained 38 Eritrean immigrants in a mountainous area and arrested two suspected traffickers on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Over the past six days, 14 travellers who arrived from African countries where Ebola outbreaks have occurred were placed under epidemiological surveillance, epidemiologist at the Serbian Public Health Institute Bojana Grgic told Tanjug.

14 people under supervision due to Ebola concerns

BELGRADE -- Over the past six days, 14 persons who arrived from African countries where Ebola outbreaks have occurred were placed under epidemiological surveillance.

This is what epidemiologist at the Serbian Public Health Institute Bojana Grgić told Tanjug.

A panel of medical experts has determined it is ethical to provide experimental treatments to patients infected with the deadly Ebola virus, the World Health Organization said Tuesday as the global death toll topped 1,000.