Fears that it could spread to other continents through air travel have been growing, with European and Asian countries on alert alongside African countries outside the Ebola crisis zone.
memang byk dah masuk melalui african negro ... kita bab pantau memantau ni memang lemah. klu dadah beratus kilo pun boleh masuk, apatah lagi virus halus sebesar zarah.
No Vaccine, No Treatment
West Africa is in the midst of the biggest outbreak of one of the deadliest viruses ever seen. Bleeding, diarrhea and fever can lead to organ failure and then death.
There is no vaccine and no tailored treatment, other than “supportive care,” to treat symptoms with early care offering the best chance of success, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said in a news conference this week.
—Patrick Sawyer, a US citizen working for the Liberian government, collapsed after flying to Africa’s most populous city, Lagos, Nigeria. He was immediately isolated and died in a hospital there. He had reportedly caught the virus from his sister in Liberia, mistakenly thinking she had malaria, and was planning to visit his wife and three children in Coon Rapids, Minn., later in the summer, his widow, Decontee, told several news sources.
—The local doctor leading the fight against ebola in Sierra Leone, Sheik Umar Khan, died Tuesday, after getting infected with the virus.
Authorities find bodies of possible Ebola victims in Monrovia
August 4, 2014
MONROVIA, Aug 4 ― The bodies of two men previously showing symptoms of Ebola lay in the streets of Monrovia for four days before being collected by health workers yesterday, residents told Reuters.
“They both gave up and dropped dead on the ground on the street of Clara Town,” said resident Nema Red, referring to a district of the Liberian capital.
Both men had shown symptoms of Ebola such as bleeding and vomiting before they died but scared locals had refused to take them to the hospital, she added.
Information Minister Lewis Brown confirmed that the bodies had been collected, although he said they had only been there for a few hours. “I can confirm that the bodies were in the street. They have been removed,” he said yesterday. ― Reuters
Malam tadi aku tengok rencana pendek ini. Geli sangat tengok org afrika ni meratah daging monyet salai. Manis katanya. Cara untuk memasaknya adalah dengan merendamkan daging monyet salai tersebut di dalam air. Mcm orang kita rendam sotong kering tu dalam air
(CNN) -- On Thursday, Dr. Kent Brantly thought he was going to die.
It was the ninth day since the American missionary worker came down sick with Ebola in Liberia.
His condition worsening by the minute, Brantly called his wife to say goodbye.
Thankfully, the call was premature.
Brantly is back on his feet -- literally -- after receiving a last-ditch, highly experimental drug. Another American missionary with Ebola got the same.
Brantly's and Nancy Writebol's conditions significantly improved after receiving the medication, sources say. Brantly was able to walk into Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after being evacuated to the United States last week, and Writebol is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday
According to company documents, four monkeys infected with Ebola survived after being given the therapy within 24 hours after infection. Two of four other monkeys that started therapy within 48 hours after infection also survived. One monkey that was not treated died within five days of exposure to the virus.
The medicine is a three-mouse monoclonal antibody, meaning that mice were exposed to fragments of the Ebola virus and then the antibodies generated within the mice's blood were harvested to create the medicine. It works by preventing the virus from entering and infecting new cells.
artikel ni panjang jadi kita bagi kan kepada bahagian2
ni kisah Doktor Brantly yang terkena jangkitan tu sehingga hampir maut
The ZMapp vials, stored at subzero temperatures, reached the hospital in Liberia where Brantly and Writebol were being treated Thursday morning. Doctors were instructed to allow the serum to thaw naturally without any additional heat. It was expected that it would be eight to 10 hours before the medicine could be given, according to a source familiar with the process.
Brantly asked that Writebol be given the first dose because he was younger and he thought he had a better chance of fighting it, and she agreed. However, as the first vial was still thawing, Brantly's condition took a sudden turn for the worse.
Brantly began to deteriorate and developed labored breathing. He told his doctors he thought he was dying, according to a source with firsthand knowledge of the situation.
Knowing his dose was still frozen, Brantly asked if he could have Writebol's now-thawed medication. It was brought to his room and administered through an IV. Within an hour of receiving the medication, Brantly's condition dramatically improved. He began breathing easier; the rash over his trunk faded away. One of his doctors described the events as "miraculous."
By the next morning, Brantly was able to take a shower on his own before getting on a specially designed Gulfstream air ambulance jet to be evacuated to the United States.
- The ZMapp vials, stored at subzero temperatures - ubat tu
The experimental drug, known as ZMapp, was developed by the biotech firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., which is based in San Diego. The patients were told that the treatment had never been tried before in a human being but had shown promise in small experiments with monkeys.
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ni kes yang doktor perempuan sorang lagi tu ..
hampir maut gak
Writebol also received a vial of the medication. Her response was not as remarkable, according to sources familiar with the treatment. However, doctors on Sunday administered Writebol a second dose of the medication, which resulted in significant improvement.
She was stable enough to be evacuated back to the United States.
The process by which the medication was made available to Brantly and Writebol is highly unusual.
World Health Organization spokesman Gregory Hartl cautioned that health authorities "cannot start using untested drugs in the middle of an outbreak, for various reasons."
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