New England Journal of Medicine report : Guinea toddler was the first suspected case . The child died in a village in Guinea on December 6 , 2013 . Health investigators arrived that month and began tracing the disease by examining hospital documents and conducting interviews with affected families and villagers . It is not known if it had been infected with Ebola or other viruses before dying. The Ebola outbreak is now in four countries , with 961 people dead .
New England Journal of Medicine report : Guinea toddler was the first suspected case . The child died in a village in Guinea on December 6 , 2013 . It is not known if it had been infected with Ebola or other viruses before dying. The Ebola outbreak is now in four countries , with 961 people dead .