Meliandou, Guinea
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Meliandou, Guinea is a small village in southeastern Guinea widely recognized as the origin point of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meliandou, Guinea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T701604 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meliandou, Guinea Context triple: [2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, indexCaseLocation, Meliandou, Guinea]
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Tadjoura
Tadjoura is a historic coastal town in Djibouti on the Gulf of Tadjoura, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a traditional trading hub.
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B.
Guinea
Guinea is a West African country on the Atlantic coast known for its rich mineral resources, diverse ethnic groups, and role as a major producer of bauxite.
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C.
Mali
Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
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D.
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Saint-Louis, Senegal is a historic coastal city and former colonial capital of French West Africa, known for its distinctive island setting, colonial architecture, and cultural significance at the mouth of the Senegal River.
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E.
Negombo
Negombo is a coastal city in western Sri Lanka known historically as a strategic colonial port and today for its fishing industry and beach tourism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meliandou, Guinea Target entity description: Meliandou, Guinea is a small village in southeastern Guinea widely recognized as the origin point of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
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A.
Tadjoura
Tadjoura is a historic coastal town in Djibouti on the Gulf of Tadjoura, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a traditional trading hub.
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B.
Guinea
Guinea is a West African country on the Atlantic coast known for its rich mineral resources, diverse ethnic groups, and role as a major producer of bauxite.
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C.
Mali
Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
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D.
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Saint-Louis, Senegal is a historic coastal city and former colonial capital of French West Africa, known for its distinctive island setting, colonial architecture, and cultural significance at the mouth of the Senegal River.
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E.
Negombo
Negombo is a coastal city in western Sri Lanka known historically as a strategic colonial port and today for its fishing industry and beach tourism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| associatedDisease | Ebola virus disease ⓘ |
| associatedWith | possible bat-related zoonotic origin hypotheses for Ebola virus ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Guinea ⓘ |
| countryCallingCode | +224 ⓘ |
| countryOfficialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| epidemicSpreadFrom | Guinea ⓘ |
| epidemicSpreadTo |
Liberia
ⓘ
linked to:
Guinea
Sierra Leone ⓘ other West African countries ⓘ |
| epidemiologicalStatus | probable source location of initial human-to-human Ebola transmission in West Africa 2014–2016 ⓘ |
| governedBy | local village authorities under Guinean administrative structures ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
small-scale farming
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | rural forested area of southeastern Guinea ⓘ |
| hasGlobalImpact | triggered international public health emergency response due to Ebola outbreak origin ⓘ |
| hasHealthEvent | early cluster of Ebola virus disease cases in 2013–2014 ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructureCharacteristic | limited health infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| hasRoleInEvent | index location of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ |
| indexCaseAge | 2 ⓘ |
| indexCaseDateApprox | December 2013 ⓘ |
| indexCaseDescription | young child believed to be the first known case in the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guéckédou Prefecture
ⓘ
Nzérékoré Region ⓘ southeastern Guinea ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
World Health Organization reports on Ebola virus disease in West Africa
ⓘ
scientific literature on the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith |
Liberia
ⓘ
linked to:
Guinea
Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa ⓘ |
| outbreakEndYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| outbreakStartYear |
2013
ⓘ
2014 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Guéckédou sub-prefecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Guéckédou Prefecture
rural Guinea ⓘ |
| publicHealthSignificance | site of earliest detected human cases in the largest recorded Ebola outbreak ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | origin point of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ |
| regionLanguage |
Kissi
ⓘ
other local languages of southeastern Guinea ⓘ |
| riskFactorContext | limited surveillance and health-care access at time of outbreak ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
epidemiological investigations by international health organizations
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field studies on zoonotic spillover of Ebola virus ⓘ |
| timeZone | Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meliandou, Guinea Description of subject: Meliandou, Guinea is a small village in southeastern Guinea widely recognized as the origin point of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.