Re: my 3276
That comment about this version of EVD having less hemorrhage than previous strains/clades, does this mean what I think it does?
That it delays the ravaging process upon the organs for a bit longer.
That it might allow longer period of mobility without obvious external signs flagging it as EVD as with Patrick Sawyer and others.
And that leads to the question, Have there been autopsy reports published in med journals/NIH/CDC? Seems that would be a high priority task to track effects different from prior strains/clades?
I suspect that you’re correct. I just read about a Liberian prostitute who gave Ebola to her John, who then infected seven others in the barracks. The John and others all died. I don’t know whether the hooker is alive.
If one is well enough to sell sex to a soldier and able to pass Ebola to that soldier, the “infected patients can’t do much” meme fails. (link at http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/ebola-kills-8-soldiers )
As far as I know, very few autopsies are done on ebola victims. In West Africa I imagine none are performed. But I don’t have any hard facts on that one.