Nigeria says doctor who treated Ebola victim has contracted virus

[magical thyme]

I had read the other day that 2 people who attended to the American who traveled to Nigeria while infected had developed fevers and were under watch. Both had tested negative at that time, but that doesn't rule it out as early on viral levels can be lower than the sensitivity of the test. So now one of two is confirmed to have it. The good news is that Nigeria has a much better health infrastructure than the countries where the outbreak started.

"Nigerian authorities said Monday that a doctor in Lagos who treated a Liberian victim of Ebola has contracted the virus, the second confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa's largest city.

"This new case is one of the doctors who attended to the Liberian Ebola patient who died," said Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu.

The minister told journalists that 70 other people believed to have come into contact with the Liberian are being monitored, eight of whom have been placed in quarantine at a facility in Lagos."


http://www.france24.com/en/20140804-nigeria-says-doctor-who-treated-ebola-victim-has-contracted-virus/#./?&_suid=1407166537498012711102478639025

[janlyn]

2. I'd be curious to know

if doctors have contracted it during past outbreaks.

[onehandle]

3. RUN!!!!!!! nt

[joeybee12]

5. Let's this be a lesson...never do a good deed ever...

This is horrible...I hope that doctor can be treated also.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Ebola death toll rises to 887, Nigeria cases increase

Aug 4 (Reuters) - The death toll from the world's worst Ebola outbreak had risen to 887 by Aug. 1,
while the total number of cases in the four West African countries affected stood at 1,603 on the same date, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

Guinea has suffered the highest death toll with 358 fatalities out of 485 confirmed Ebola cases so far. Sierra Leone has had the largest number of cases, 646 overall, and 273 deaths, while Liberia has had 468 cases and 255 deaths.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/04/health-ebola-who-idUSL6N0QA4OM20140804

It's now hit four countries: Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia have been joined by Nigeria, which this week saw its first case, after an infected Liberian man flew to the Nigerian city of Lagos, which is also Africa's largest city.
There are also fears the disease has spread to the country of Togo, where that man's flight had a stopover.

http://www.vox.com/2014/7/23/5930311/ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-africa-facts-guinea

[Octafish]

7. Thanks for the heads-up, magical thyme.

Very much appreciate you taking the time to explain things:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5328385

I thought of you when I saw a photo of Dr. Brantly jumping off the back of the ambulance in Atlanta. I thought that unusual for someone with hemmorrhagic fever to "shock" their body that way. The serum he received must have been very fast-acting.

[magical thyme]

8. he had not progressed to hemmorhagic fever

That is the last stage, when they essentially bleed out.

From what I read at work today, the serum was fast acting. The most detailed description said that some time after he had offered the serum up to Writebol, he started to go downhill very quickly. He was having a hard time breathing and told his doctor he thought he was dying and asked for the serum. The first unit had just thawed out, so they gave him that unit. It was after the 2nd dose that he really came back quickly...within hours. As I've written elsewhere, young people do bounce back more quickly than older people.

I also read today that Writebol has made it back to her feet today and is getting her appetite back, which is very, very good news for her.