<P> An Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone occurred in 2014 , along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia . On March 18 , 2014 Guinean health officials announce the outbreak of a mysterious hemorrhagic fever `` which strikes like lightning . '' It was identified as Ebola virus disease and spread to Sierra Leone by May 2014 . The disease is thought to have originated when a child in a bat - hunting family contracted the disease in Guinea in December 2013 . Consumption of African bushmeat , including rats , bats , and monkeys , is commonplace in Sierra Leone and West Africa in general . </P>
<P> An Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone occurred in 2014 , along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia . On March 18 , 2014 Guinean health officials announce the outbreak of a mysterious hemorrhagic fever `` which strikes like lightning . '' It was identified as Ebola virus disease and spread to Sierra Leone by May 2014 . The disease is thought to have originated when a child in a bat - hunting family contracted the disease in Guinea in December 2013 . Consumption of African bushmeat , including rats , bats , and monkeys , is commonplace in Sierra Leone and West Africa in general . </P>
when did ebola break out in sierra leone
when did ebola break out in sierra leone
May 2014
May 2014