The course of Ebola in the American doctor who was infected with the disease has taken a 'slight turn for worse', said his Christian aid agency Thursday.
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Ebola is caused by a virus via direct contact with body fluids or infected blood. Scientists have identified five types of Ebola or Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
Ebola is caused by a virus via direct contact with body fluids or infected blood. Scientists have identified five types of Ebola or Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
The group did not elaborate further on Brantly's condition.
It said that when an experimental serum arrived in the capital, Monrovia, on Wednesday, there was only enough for one person and Brantly had asked for it to be given to Writebol.
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Daily burden of exhaustion, shortage of staff and fear for themselves over the deadly virus and the problems faced by doctors, nurses and hospital workers fighting Ebola epidemic in west Africa.
Daily burden of exhaustion, shortage of staff and fear for themselves over the deadly virus and the problems faced by doctors, nurses and hospital workers fighting Ebola epidemic in west Africa.
It also noted that Brantly, 33, had been given a unit of blood from a 14-year-old boy who survived Ebola because of his care.
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Ebola Discoverer Claims He Would Sit Next to Victim on Train
Outbreak of Ebola unlikely to trigger a major epidemic outside the region, says the scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus, adding that he would happily sit next to an infected person.
Outbreak of Ebola unlikely to trigger a major epidemic outside the region, says the scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus, adding that he would happily sit next to an infected person.
The current outbreak of Ebola is the largest in history and has killed 729 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and Liberia, the World Health Organization said.
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African States and WHO to Launch $100 Ebola Response Plan
Presidents of West African countries suffering the world's worst ever Ebola outbreak meet the Head of WHO to launch a $100 million emergency joint response plan.
Presidents of West African countries suffering the world's worst ever Ebola outbreak meet the Head of WHO to launch a $100 million emergency joint response plan.
On Tuesday, the outbreak claimed the life of Umar Khan, 43, a top doctor in Sierra Leone and the west African nation's sole virologist.
Source-AFP
