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Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by wesley80(m): 8:30am On Aug 22, 2014
The key word here I believe is "INFECTIOUS" not "CONTAGIOUS"


Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol were flown separately from Liberia to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital -- the first human patients with Ebola to ever come to the United States.
Writebol was released from the hospital Tuesday. On Thursday morning, Brantly walked out of that same hospital with no signs of the virus in his system, doctors say.
Their recoveries seem to offer hope for those fighting the largest Ebola outbreak in known history. More than 2,400 people have been infected by the virus, according to the World Health Organization, and it's killed more than half.

But ZMapp is not an approved treatment for Ebola; in fact, no approved, proven treatment exists. So governments, aid organizations and scientists around the globe are racing to find a way to stop the virus.
Here are answers to questions about Ebola patients and treatments for the disease.
1. Are Brantly and Writebol cured?
Mostly. For Ebola patients to leave isolation, two blood tests had to come back negative for the Ebola virus. So their bodily fluids, like blood, sweat and feces, are no longer infectious.
"Nancy is free of the virus, but the lingering effects of the battle have left her in a significantly weakened condition," Writebol's husband, David Writebol, said in a statement.
Some doctors believe the virus can remain in vagin.al fluid and se.men for up to several months, according to WHO. Dr. Bruce Ribner, an infectious disease specialist at Emory, said there is no evidence Ebola has ever been transmitted this way, but the risk was discussed with both patients.

2. Are they now immune to Ebola?
Doctors believe surviving Ebola leaves you immune to future infection. Scientists have found that people who survive Ebola have antibodies in their blood that would provide protection against that strain of the virus in the future, and possibly against other strains as well.
But, as you can imagine, they haven't tested this theory by infecting survivors with the virus again.
There are four Ebola strains known to infect humans; the Zaire ebolavirus causing the current outbreak is the most common.

SEE full article at edition.cnn.com/2014/08/21/health/ebola-treatment-drug/index.html?hpt=iaf_c1

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by ofala(m): 8:44am On Aug 22, 2014
Impressive and heartwarming recoveries but these observations are so vital so as not to be celebrating while still having strains of the virus in ones system.
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Nobody: 8:46am On Aug 22, 2014
Yes,they are infectious till 7 weeks after surviving,after that,they can't infect others,and not prone to it again- W.H.O.

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by trully101: 9:01am On Aug 22, 2014
They should keep their P and V under lock abd key for now until we understand this evil virus completely.

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Nobody: 1:57pm On Aug 22, 2014
Haba
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by brownlord: 1:57pm On Aug 22, 2014
The west looking for all means to have us come exchange natural resources for Zmapp. They use all their different allies WHO, UN etc.

We know your plan

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by ayusco85(m): 1:57pm On Aug 22, 2014
Send us the Zmapp pls

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by naturally: 1:57pm On Aug 22, 2014
Na wa o, may God heal them
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by vicadex07(m): 1:57pm On Aug 22, 2014
Why are this people hell bent on ridiculing all our efforts towards curbing this epidemic, yet they are not ready to help us.

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by korel9: 1:58pm On Aug 22, 2014
I knew it. angry

These whites won't rest until they make big money out of this thing.

Na to keep their tyn one place na angry

Survival na survival with no terms and conditions.

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Nobody: 1:59pm On Aug 22, 2014
wesley80: Some doctors believe the virus can remain in
vagin.al fluid and se.men for up to several months,
according to WHO. Dr. Bruce Ribner,
All of u babes wey dey give bl0wjob and guys wey dey suck juicy punanny, una don hear so?? grin grin

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by shadowwalker101: 2:00pm On Aug 22, 2014
is that so
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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by jnrbayano(m): 2:00pm On Aug 22, 2014
korel9: I knew iti

Who is iti?

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Nobody: 2:00pm On Aug 22, 2014
If thats d case den Zmapp can be taken as an antibody against Ebola
why is America recovery from ebola making headlines
whereas Nigerians recovered 1st

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by allanphash7(m): 2:01pm On Aug 22, 2014
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Nobody: 2:01pm On Aug 22, 2014

Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by LagosBoi2(m): 2:01pm On Aug 22, 2014
Nigerian Doctors are not dumb, we will take care of ourselves.

Thank you very much.

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by safarigirl(f): 2:02pm On Aug 22, 2014
ayusco85: Send us the Zmapp pls
even people dem use ZMapp for join for this one. And this gist is old
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by jnrbayano(m): 2:02pm On Aug 22, 2014
*In Emeka Enyiocha's voice*

This Ebola is as bad as something that is very bad.

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Idrismusty97(m): 2:02pm On Aug 22, 2014
Childerstone:
vicadex07: A
Jregz:
allanphash7: hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
korel9: I knew iti
Caught!! How much have you been paid for making frontpage now?
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by adekayo1234(m): 2:03pm On Aug 22, 2014
e yaf well
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Blockus: 2:03pm On Aug 22, 2014
chai!! wahala
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Young4jose: 2:04pm On Aug 22, 2014
May God help us.......
.!
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Nobody: 2:04pm On Aug 22, 2014
Childerstone: If thats d case den Zmapp can be taken as an antibody against Ebola
why is America recovery from ebola making headlines
whereas Nigerians recovered 1st
Because America is more popular than Nigeria. By the way, who told you Nigerians recovered first from the Ebola virus? People have been recovering from Ebola from different countries before we recorded our first ebola survivor.

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by smudge2079(m): 2:04pm On Aug 22, 2014
okk. it 's noted
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by baba11(m): 2:04pm On Aug 22, 2014
If they can still be infectious,why did they discharge them in the first instance

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by Nobody: 2:04pm On Aug 22, 2014
Idrismusty97: .

FUCKERY!!!!!


AM reading it just booking my comment place... undecided undecided undecided undecided undecided
Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by abdulaz: 2:05pm On Aug 22, 2014
I hope Onyebuchi Chukwu is listening?

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Re: Discharged Ebola Patients MAY Still Be Infectious - W.H.O by lilprinze: 2:05pm On Aug 22, 2014
Americans looking for a way to tap into our mineral resources since 19bc.
Chi Americans just want us to buy their zmapp by force they saw that some Nigerians were cured of Ebola without their zmapp now they are looking for all means to make us buy and beg for the zmapp maybe after we buy it they would say those who have had Ebola before and have been cured have to be taking the drug regularly if not the virus won't die completely

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