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toubab1020
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 Posted - 30 Jun 2015 : 12:56:25
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| "17-year-old man, from a town near the main airport" I hope that investigations will provide a history of the mans movements in the last couple of months.The world can no longer just forget about Ebola. |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 09:22:58
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Ebola crisis: Liberia's new outbreak spreads
BBC: July 1st 2015
A second case of Ebola has been confirmed in Liberia, following the death of a teenager from the virus on Sunday, officials say.
The country had been declared Ebola-free more than seven weeks ago.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 15 Oct 2015 : 13:31:28
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As the number of Ebola survivors continues to increase, there is increasing evidence that the Ebola virus can be detected in body fluids of survivors, such as in semen, breast milk, eye, placenta and the central nervous system, for longer than originally thought.
Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued press releases about a preliminary study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study conducted in Sierra Leone has found fragments of the Ebola virus could be detected in the semen of one quarter of male survivors tested between seven and nine months post recovery. It was previously known that the virus could survive for up to three months in semen. It is unknown why the virus persists in some men while others clear it, nor how great their risk of infecting others is as time passes. Further tests are planned to determine the risk of transmission from other body fluids.
These findings will be used to update the WHO's interim advice on sexual transmission of Ebola. Ideally men should abstain from unprotected sex until they receive two negative test results from semen testing.
A second study published in NEJM has documented the first confirmed case of sexual transmission from a survivor in Liberia. A male survivor, whose blood twice tested negative for the virus was discharged from a treatment centre on 7 October 2014. He had unprotected sex with a woman on 7 March 2015, 155 days after the second negative blood test. She developed symptoms on 14 March and eventually died on 27 March. The virus was detected in his semen samples on 27 March, 175 days after his second negative blood test. The genetic sequence of the virus sampled from the survivor and the woman were matched. Although there has been much anecdotal evidence for sexual transmission of the disease, this is the first evidence of human to human transmission of Ebola virus through a sexual contact.
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sab
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Oct 2015 : 19:13:37
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Science still has a very long road to run trying to eradicate Ebola, but it takes all in every country to work 101% in the knowledge already available.
See previous link from Toubab..
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=21017
These two cases demonstrate that when caring for mother-child pairs, healthcare workers should consider the potential role of testing relevant body fluids in addition to blood, such as urine and breast milk plus reference's to semen.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 09 Nov 2015 : 07:54:09
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Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola
7 November 2015
The World Health Organization has declared Sierra Leone to be free of Ebola. It is now more than 42 days after the last confirmed patient tested negative for the virus on 25 September and was discharged from a treatment centre. No further cases have been reported since.
In official totals, 8,704 people were infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone during this outbreak, however there are likely to be other cases which were not recorded. There were 3,589 fatalities, including 221 healthcare workers.
The country will maintain their vigilance during a 90 day period of heightened surveillance which runs until 5 February 2016. This will allow for early detection of any new cases which may arise, such as the detection of new cases linked to sexual contact with a survivor or importation from Guinea where there are still new cases being reported.
Source: https://pandemic.internationalsos.com/ebola/ebola-latest-news/ebola-latest-news-folder/sierra-leone-declared-free-of-ebola-7-nov-15 |
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sab
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sab
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sab
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 28 Mar 2016 : 11:36:22
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Thanks for the update Sab.
It seems one has to be a subscriber to "Pandemic Information" in order to be able to see your recent links.
I got this error:
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"Please log in with your membership number. Pandemic Information subscribers have access to all sections. If this login screen re-appears, your International SOS membership number does not have access to this section. International SOS Members have access to these pages." |
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SAB's link EBOLA update.
