A US doctor who has been in Liberia and battling the Ebola epidemic has himself fallen sick with the disease in Liberia, his aid agency said.

Dr Brantly who is married with two children, has been isolated at the group’s Ebola treatment center at the ELWA hospital in Liberia after he contacted the virus.

Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian charity, says the group is committed to doing everything possible to help Dr Brantly during this time of crisis. “We ask everyone to please pray for him and his family, a statement on their website reads”.

The Ebola virus causes severe fever, muscle pains, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in some cases, organ failure and unstoppable bleeding which kills within days.

Ebola is believed to be carried by animals hunted for meat, mostly bats. It spreads among humans via bodily fluids including sweat, meaning you can get sick from touching an infected person.

Patients believed to have caught the virus are mostly isolated to prevent further infection. Ebola first emerged in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is named after a river there.  Sadly, Nigeria recorded its first death on Friday, in a Lagos hospital. Just sad!
 

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Posted: at 27-07-2014 06:23 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie

This Ebola virus is even more deadly than d notorious Hiv
May GOD save us o!

Posted: at 27-07-2014 08:42 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

Dem jst dey use dis ebola tk threaten Nigerians...

Posted: at 27-07-2014 09:11 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Nawa oooo ,get well soon doctor       

Posted: at 27-07-2014 10:02 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

 

Posted: at 27-07-2014 10:28 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Am sorry dear

Posted: at 27-07-2014 10:51 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

Y Nigeria again??boko ,govt corruption now Ebola

Posted: at 28-07-2014 01:43 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

 

Posted: at 28-07-2014 05:59 AM (9 years ago) | Hero

Very sad. Especially when he left the comfort of his home country to help his fellow human beings in Africa.  And he has a wife and children. Very sad.

Posted: at 28-07-2014 08:54 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Lord av mercy

Posted: at 28-07-2014 12:30 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

He be like say all bad things dey follow nigeria.  Why nigeria again God??

Posted: at 28-07-2014 10:42 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

Oh my God

Posted: at 26-08-2015 05:00 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

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