摘要：South Africa. A case of Ebola haemorrhagic fever wasconfirmed in a nurse on 16 November. The i llness startedwith mild fever and when severe headache developed thenurse was admitted to hospital with suspected encephali-tis. The patient developed a fine rash and diarrhoea, andher platelet count, which had been low on admission,continued to fall. This was accompanied by marked leuk-openia and abnormal liver enzyme tests
