Mayinga N'Seka
Mayinga N'Seka | |
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Two nurses stand in front of N'Seka's bed at Ngaliema Hospital, in Kinshasa, Zaïre. | |
| 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) was a nurse in Zaïre, now Democratic Republic of the Congo. She died from Ebola virus disease during the 1976 epidemic in Zaïre. She was 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. Lokela, a 44-year-old who had been buying meat in Sudan, died on September 8, 1976, over a month before N'Seka.