Ebola in Nigeria

Ebola virus disease in Nigeria
Nigerian states with Ebola cases (Lagos and Rivers)
DiseaseEbolavirus
First outbreakPatrick Sawyer
Index case6 August 2014
Confirmed cases20
Deaths
8

Cases of the Ebola virus disease in Nigeria were reported in 2014 as a small part of the epidemic of Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") which originated in Guinea that represented the first outbreak of the disease in a West African country. Previous outbreaks had been confined to countries in Central Africa.