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Article: Ebola Survivors May Hold the Key to a Cure
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 21, 1995
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ATLANTA The Ebola virus can kill hundreds of people with
devastating swiftness. Yet some are spared, and understanding how
they escape bleeding to death could provide clues to a cure.
Some people survive severe symptoms. Some, exposed to Ebola
strains lethal to monkeys, never even get sick.
"Each of these individuals who survive are very valuable," said
Dr. Stephen Ostroff of the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
In Zaire on Saturday, the death toll from the killer virus
jumped to 97 from 89 the previous day. The Zairian government lifted
the quarantine of the affected region, conceding that the quarantine
was a misguided effort to control the outbreak.
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