British patient recovering well

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Also, some good news in that report...

"All 18 rhesus macaques treated with the drug made a complete recovery, in contrast to three other untreated monkeys that quickly fell seriously ill and died."

Now if it only works that well on humans.

Now if it only works that well on humans.

Let's hope Sirius

This is 1 disease that we need to wipe out like SMALL POX

i hope they can make enough of it fast enough

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So do I & I hope that $$$ does not enter the equation!

So do I & I hope that $$$ does not enter the equation!

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So do I & I hope that $$$ does not enter the equation!

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Update on Ebola..

CDC Director: Ebola Outbreak ‘Is Spiraling Out Of Control’

ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta/AP) — The director for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says that the Ebola outbreak is going to get worse.

Speaking to “CBS This Morning” following his trip to the West African countries dealing with the outbreak, Dr. Tom Frieden explained that they have to act now to try to get Ebola under control.


http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/09/02/cdc-director-ebola-outbreak-is-spiraling-out-of-control/

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Another American Doctor Infected With Ebola, Charity Says

Another American missionary doctor working in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola, an aid group said Tuesday.

SIM USA said the doctor, who was not named, was treating obstetric patients at ELWA hospital in Monrovia and had not treated Ebola patients in the hospital’s isolation unit, which is separate from the main hospital. The charity said it was not yet known how the doctor was infected, but he immediately isolated himself when he showed symptoms.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/another-american-doctor-infected-ebola-charity-says-n193911

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New Ebola Cases Unrelated To West African Outbreak


If there can be any good news – or at least not further disheartening news – coming out of the African continent regarding this year’s Ebola outbreaks, we have one positive report this morning.

The World Health Organization has just confirmed that the newly-identified cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo is genetically unrelated to the strain currently circulating in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.

A WHO collaborating research center in Franceville, Gabon, the Centre International de Recherches Médicales, had previously identified six Ebola positive samples sent to the laboratory. They report today that, “the virus in the Boende district is definitely not derived from the virus strain currently circulating in west Africa.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2014/09/02/ebola-outbreaks-unrelated-in-west-africa-and-democratic-republic-of-congo/

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New Ebola Cases Unrelated To West African Outbreak


If there can be any good news – or at least not further disheartening news – coming out of the African continent regarding this year’s Ebola outbreaks, we have one positive report this morning.

The World Health Organization has just confirmed that the newly-identified cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo is genetically unrelated to the strain currently circulating in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.

A WHO collaborating research center in Franceville, Gabon, the Centre International de Recherches Médicales, had previously identified six Ebola positive samples sent to the laboratory. They report today that, “the virus in the Boende district is definitely not derived from the virus strain currently circulating in west Africa.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2014/09/02/ebola-outbreaks-unrelated-in-west-africa-and-democratic-republic-of-congo/

I read the link. Why is that good news? So is it and old strain makeing a comeback? Or is it the 6th strain?

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Latest US doc to get Ebola skipped protective gear in 100-degree heat, says colleague


JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The latest U.S. doctor to contract Ebola in Africa was working with outpatients in 100-degree temperatures that made it difficult to wear protective gear when he was exposed to an obstetrics patient stricken with the deadly disease, said another American physician who worked in the same hospital.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/09/03/latest-us-doc-get-ebola-skipped-protective-gear-100-degree-heat-says-colleague/

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WHO: Ebola death toll tops 1,900, surpassing all previous outbreaks combined

The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has surpassed 1,900 people, the World Health Organization’s chief said Wednesday.

Less than a week ago the death toll stood at 1,552 people. More people have now died in the 2014 Ebola epidemic than in all previous outbreaks combined (1,590, according to the WHO).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2014/09/03/who-ebola-death-toll-tops-1900-surpassing-all-previous-outbreaks-combined/

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I read the link. Why is that good news? So is it and old strain makeing a comeback? Or is it the 6th strain?

I wish I knew. As far as I know, before the current outbreak in West Africa, there were 6 known strains of ebolavirus (sorted by date of discovery).

1. Zaire-Yambuku (first found in Yambuku, Zaire in 1976)
2. Reston (first found in Reston, Virginia in 1989 at a primate research lab).
3. Cote d'Ivoire (1994)
4. Zaire-Kikwit (1995)
5. Sudan (2000)
6. Bundibugyo (2007)

The West Africa current Ebola outbreak is apparently a new strain, so it would be #7.

The new outbreak in the Boende district of the DRC is not the new West African strain, and imo is quite likely to be one of the older ones Yambuku or Kikwit being the two most likely.

The reason it is called 'good news' is that apparently the West Africa strain has not escaped the cordon into the DRC... yet...

But I would not call it good news. Either way, people are dying.

I read the link. Why is that good news? So is it and old strain makeing a comeback? Or is it the 6th strain?

I wish I knew. As far as I know, before the current outbreak in West Africa, there were 6 known strains of ebolavirus (sorted by date of discovery).

1. Zaire-Yambuku (first found in Yambuku, Zaire in 1976)
2. Reston (first found in Reston, Virginia in 1989 at a primate research lab).
3. Cote d'Ivoire (1994)
4. Zaire-Kikwit (1995)
5. Sudan (2000)
6. Bundibugyo (2007)

The West Africa current Ebola outbreak is apparently a new strain, so it would be #7.

The new outbreak in the Boende district of the DRC is not the new West African strain, and imo is quite likely to be one of the older ones Yambuku or Kikwit being the two most likely.

The reason it is called 'good news' is that apparently the West Africa strain has not escaped the cordon into the DRC... yet...

But I would not call it good news. Either way, people are dying.

Thanks MajorKong!

I had no idea there were that many strains.

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Ebola-Infected Doctor Heading to Nebraska Medical Unit

Dr. Rick Sacra, the medical missionary who has become the third American infected with Ebola in Liberia, is being flown to a special isolation unit at The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, for treatment, SIM USA said Thursday.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-infected-doctor-heading-nebraska-medical-unit-n196106

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Seven reasons why this Ebola epidemic spun out of control

If you'd asked public-health experts a year ago whether an Ebola outbreak could turn into an epidemic spread across borders, they probably would have confidently told you that there was no way: the virus isn't transmitted very easily, and people usually get so sick and die so quickly, it has little opportunity to infect a new host.

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/4/6103039/Seven-reasons-why-this-ebola-virus-outbreak-epidemic-out-of-control

Maps, pic's with link.

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Thanks Lynn

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Thanks Lynn

you're welcome!

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Use Ebola survivors' blood - WHO

The blood of patients who recover from Ebola should be used to treat others, the World Health Organization has announced.

West Africa is facing the largest Ebola outbreak in history and more than 2,000 people have died.

A global group of experts have been meeting to assess the experimental therapies that could contain Ebola.

The WHO also announced that Ebola vaccines could be used on the frontline by November.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29084254

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