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In reply to the discussion: Ebola outbreak: Liberia shuts most border points [View all]tblue37
(65,211 posts)5. I know that there is no vaccine, but do you
know whether or not those who have survived one strain end up being protected against the others, or whether reinfection, even with the same strain, is possible in a person who has survived?
I am thinking about how the less virulent cowpox infection protected milkmaids from a much more dangerous smallpox infection. (BTW, that is why milkmaids are traditionally believed to have smooth, clear complexions.)
I wonder whether those who contract and survive the less virulent Ebola strains might end up being safe from the more deadly ones.
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One problelm: locals associate hospitals with dying, so don't take people there.
Divernan
Jul 2014
#3
I just edited my post to add info re a lot more medical personnel being treated/died
Divernan
Jul 2014
#19
In that you have to understand that the staff and facilities are not what we are used to here
Marrah_G
Jul 2014
#29
Ebola is a virus, and as such hard to adapt to mutiple creatures, as needed with a vector.
happyslug
Jul 2014
#42
Monclonal antibodies taken from survivors could provide vaccinations for strain variants.
DhhD
Jul 2014
#10