Liberia to Prosecute Man Who Brought Ebola to US

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40. Another article says family thought it was from pregnancy.

"MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Thomas Eric Duncan rushed to help his 19-year-old neighbor when she began convulsing days after complaining of stomach pain. Everyone assumed her illness was related to her being seven months pregnant.
When no ambulance came, Duncan, Marthalene Williams' parents and several others lifted her into a taxi, and Duncan rode in the front seat as the cab took Williams to the hospital. She later died."

And:

"All the cases, including Duncan's, appear to have started with Williams, though some wondered how a pregnant woman who stayed at home could have contracted Ebola"


Convulsing during the late stages of pregnancy is a sign of eclampsia, a well-known complication of pregnancy. It's completely believable the family thought that was the reason for her convulsions. And she was the first in the neighborhood to get Ebola.


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