--- title: Brazil Treating First Suspected Ebola Case description: Brazil is treating its first suspected case of the Ebola virus, the country's Health Ministry announced Thursday night. canonical: https://time.com/3490020/brazil-ebola/ author: Alex Rogers article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-10T13:30:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:42:41.308Z article:section: Health og:title: Brazil Treating First Suspected Ebola Case og:description: Brazil is treating its first suspected case of the Ebola virus, the country's Health Ministry announced Thursday night. og:url: https://time.com/3490020/brazil-ebola/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2321a6542c7a2bab/6986a6d01eebf771f4373073/h_51542811.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Electron micrograph of Ebola virus og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brazil Treating First Suspected Ebola Case twitter:description: Brazil is treating its first suspected case of the Ebola virus, the country's Health Ministry announced Thursday night. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2321a6542c7a2bab/6986a6d01eebf771f4373073/h_51542811.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Brazil Announces First Suspected Ebola Case by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Oct 10, 2014 1:30 PM UTC  A scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus buds from the surface of a Vero cell of an African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line. A scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus buds from the surface of a Vero cell of an African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line.NIAID/EPA by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Oct 10, 2014 1:30 PM UTC Brazil is treating its first suspected case of the Ebola virus, the country’s [Health Ministry](http://portalsaude.saude.gov.br/index.php/cidadao/principal/agencia-saude/15002-ministerio-informa-sobre-caso-suspeito) announced Thursday night. A 47-year-old man arrived in Brazil on Sept. 19 from Guinea and reported he had a fever on Oct. 8, within the 21-day Ebola incubation limit. He has no other symptoms, like bleeding or vomiting, but has been put in isolation and flown to the National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rio de Janeiro per the country’s security protocol. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are the three West African countries hardest hit by the virus. Brazil’s Health Ministry will hold a news conference on the case at 10 am on Friday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3490020/brazil-ebola/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3490020/brazil-ebola/"},"headline":"Brazil Announces First Suspected Ebola Case","datePublished":"2014-10-10T13:30:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:42:41.308Z","description":"But the case isn't confirmed yet","url":"https://time.com/3490020/brazil-ebola/","keywords":["ebola","brazil"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2321a6542c7a2bab/6986a6d01eebf771f4373073/h_51542811.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2321a6542c7a2bab/6986a6d01eebf771f4373073/h_51542811.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Electron micrograph of Ebola virus","caption":"Electron micrograph of Ebola virus","creditText":"NIAID/EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3490020/brazil-ebola/","name":"Brazil Announces First Suspected Ebola Case"}}]}] ```