By Misha Hussain DAKAR, Mar 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The latest spike in Guinea’s Ebola cases could be a sign that aid teams are at last gaining access to hidden patients, rather than a surge of new cases, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said. The number of suspected cases in the West African country has more than doubled from last month, according to the health ministry, prompting fears the epidemic could mushroom as it did in Liberia and Sierra Leone in September. “Unfortunately this has led to the discovery, not unexpected, of a large number of hidden cases and community deaths,” Dangou told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an email. “It also explains why most new cases are not linked to contacts under follow-up.” The worst Ebola outbreak in history, which has killed more than 10,000 people in West Africa, appears to be on the wane, especially in Liberia where there are no current cases.
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