update on the ebola guy in texas who just died. The 42-year-old - TopicsExpress



          

update on the ebola guy in texas who just died. The 42-year-old Duncan travelled to Dallas last month shortly after he tried to help an Ebola-infected woman in Liberia — who eventually died — obtain medical care, at one point carrying her in his arms, according to news accounts. He had been hospitalized since September 28 at Texas Health, where he was on a respirator and receiving both kidney dialysis and the experimental drug brincidofovir as of yesterday. Public health authorities said yesterday that they are monitoring 48 individuals in the Dallas area who may have been exposed to Duncan while he was symptomatic and therefore able to spread the virus. None of the individuals had displayed any signs of an Ebola infection as of Tuesday, said Thomas Frieden, MD, PhD, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 18:22:24 +0000

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