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Meliandou is a village in Gueckedou Prefecture , in the Nzerekore Region of southern Guinea .. Gueckedou Prefecture. Gueckedou Prefecture. Nzerekore Region. Nzerekore Region. Guinea. Guinea. Gueckedou. Gueckedou. Medical researchers believe that the village was the location of the first known case of Ebola virus disease in the epidemic in West Africa .. Ebola virus disease. Ebola virus disease. epidemic in West Africa. West African Ebola virus epidemic. The patient zero of Ebola was a two-year-old boy who died in 2013 .. patient zero. Index case. The boy 's pregnant mother , sister , and grandmother also became ill with symptoms consistent with Ebola infection and died .. People infected by those victims later spread the disease to other villages .. Prior to the Ebola outbreak , the villagers sold their farm produce to the nearby town of Gueckedou .. Gueckedou. Gueckedou. , they found themselves unable to sell their products anymore .