article_snippet: According to one official count, it's infected 24,000 people and killed 10,000.
article_snippet: Emile lived in a rainforest village in southern Guinea.
article_snippet: By the time Dr. Hugonnet landed in Guinea, Dr. Hugonnet didn't yet know that it was already too late.
article_snippet: We were following this rumor of a small cluster of unexplained deaths in Guinea," Dr. Hugonnet said in a first-hand account of the early days of the crisis.  
article_snippet: Meanwhile, this outbreak took an ugly toll in West Africa .
article_snippet: By September, this outbreak had orphaned about 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.  
article_snippet: Scared relatives didn't want to take 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in, and officials worried the number of kids without parents would rise higher -- much higher.
article_snippet: For example, by March 21, 2014, 78 victims had died, mostly in Guinea.