A new suspected case of Ebola is being investigated by the State Department of Health and the Professor Alexandre Vranjac Epidemiological Surveillance Center (CVE-SP). According to the secretariat, the patient is a 31-year-old Brazilian woman who was recently working in the province of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country is experiencing an outbreak of the disease, classified by the World Health Organization as of international importance. Related news: Democratic Republic of Congo confirms 71 more cases of Ebola. Rio: Belgian tests positive for malaria, but Fiocruz does not rule out Ebola. Patient in SP suspected of having Ebola tests positive for meningitis. She arrived in Brazil on June 6th and this Tuesday (9th) she began to show symptoms such as diarrhea and fever, seeking a private health service. This morning (10), she was transferred to the Emílio Ribas Infectious Diseases Institute (IIER), a national reference for suspected or confirmed cases of the disease. According to the secretariat, the patient is stable and remains in an isolation bed, following the biosafety protocols provided for this type of situation. A rapid test for malaria has already been carried out, which gave a negative result. To date, there is no laboratory confirmation of Ebola virus disease. The analyzes are being conducted by the Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL). This is the second suspected case of Ebola in the state of São Paulo. The first case, involving a 37-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was investigated and ruled out for Ebola. The analyzes for this patient detected the presence of a bacteria that causes meningococcal meningitis. According to the secretariat, this patient remains hospitalized at Emílio Ribas, with favorable health conditions. Ebola Ebola virus disease is a serious infection transmitted from person to person. Infection occurs through direct or indirect contact with blood, body fluids or secretions (feces, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people, but only when they show symptoms. The virus is not transmitted through the air. According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the disease generally has a high mortality rate, but in the current Ebola outbreak, this rate varies between 55% and 60%. The Ebola virus first emerged in 1976 in a village near the Ebola River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). Since its detection, several outbreaks of the disease have occurred in different parts of Africa. To date, there have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in Brazil.