Five co-authors of the latest study on Ebola
were killed by the virus before their research
was published, highlighting the huge risks
undertaken by those working to combat its
spread.
The study, published on Thursday,
discovered the virus has mutated many times
during the outbreak in West Africa, making
establishing a treatment more difficult.
Mbalu Fonnie, Alex Moigboi, Alice Kovoma,
Mohamed Fullah and Sheik Umar Khan
worked with lead researchers at Harvard
University to examine the current outbreak.
Science Mag said all five were experienced
members of the Kenema Government
Hospital’s Lassa fever team. Lassa fever
infections have similar symptoms to Ebola.
Their work sequenced the virus genomes
from 78 patients and traced the outbreak in
Sierra Leone to a funeral of a healer, which a
pregnant Kenema Government Hospital Ebola
patient and other women who were also
infected had attended.
Two months before his death, Khan had
described the dangers of treating people with
the disease, telling Reuters he feared for his
life.
As he examined blood samples of Ebola, He
said: “I am afraid for my life, I must say,
because I cherish my life. Health workers are
prone to the disease because we are the first
port of call for somebody who is sickened by
disease. Even with the full protective clothing
you put on, you are at risk.”
More than half of the 3,069 people infected by
Ebola have died from the disease, which has
spread across Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea,
Nigeria and now Senegal.
The World Health Organisation has warned
the current outbreak could infect up to
20,000 people before it ends.

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If it kills researchers, who will be willing to find a cure?? There is trouble!! Big trouble!!!

Jesus!
I'm afraid