Nigerian Doctor Who Treated Ebola Patient Tests Positive.

A Nigerian doctor who treated an Ebola victim in Lagos has tested positive for the deadly virus.

Just under two weeks ago, the doctor treated Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian government employee who had traveled to Lagos. Sawyer, who also held American citizenship, collapsed at the airport shortly after arrival. He developed one of Ebola’s telltale symptoms — bleeding — at the hospital and died a few days later.

The outbreak began in March in Guinea and has since spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia. The three countries share porous land borders, where residents cross back and forth with frequency and informality — population movements that can contribute to spreading the virus.
Nigerian authorities have hoped to contain the disease by watching health care professionals and others who came into contact with Sawyer to see if they developed a fever, a first indicator that Ebola may be present.
70 people are under surveillance. Three other health care workers who also came into contact with Sawyer have been tested for Ebola as well, but the results of those cases are pending.