Ebola Surveillance Thread

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[Smokin' Joe]

Ebola virus disease, West Africa – update 11 August 2014

[PGalt]

Health/life BUMP! Thanks to all posters, linkers, researchers.

[Smokin' Joe]

A HREF=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3191834/posts?page=2>Ebola virus kills Spanish priest

Now we wait to see if those who cared for or came into contact with him stay healthy.

Prayers up for his soul and those who cared for him.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ebola virus kills Spanish priest

Let's try that hot link again...

[Black Agnes]

Guess that serum isn’t so magical after all.

Wonder when they’re going to try the antiviral drug that’s already in Phase III clinical trials as an anti-flu drug?

This one:

http://www.allfordrugs.com/2014/01/09/favipiravir-phase-3-clinical-trials-for-investigational-flu-treatment-drug-started/

Shown to stop ebola cold, POST infection and symptom development in the lab:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24462697

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24583123

Japan has a stockpile of this particular drug already in the event of a ‘weird’ variant of influenza. South Korea has already indicated they will be obtaining this drug in the event Ebola gets a toehold there.

Why do we still hear nothing about this drug in our media?

[Black Agnes]

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/08/national/science-health/ebola-drug-japan-may-emerge-among-key-candidates/

This article discusses the Tekmira treatment and ALSO discusses the Toyama anti-viral compound, Favipiravir, that has received no mention in our US media.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.citifmonline.com/2014/08/12/37-suspected-ebola-cases-tested-negative-ghs/

[Smokin' Joe]

Why I fear the Ebola virus threat in Lagos

[Black Agnes]

http://www.newsinnigeria.org/ebola-exposed-disdain-west-africans/

Good picture of Obama on that one.

This was written before we gave our last doses of ZMapp to Liberia, but after Obama had nixed the idea altogether, initially.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/426321/?

[Black Agnes]

http://citizen.co.za/227449/ebola-ship-quarantined-richards-bay/

[Black Agnes]

http://www.todayszaman.com/latest-news_2-nigerian-passengers-put-under-medical-supervision-on-ebola-suspicion_355364.html

If that’s a picture of the suspected ebola patients I’m not inspired by Turkey’s ability to handle this as well. Looks like just N95 masks for everyone.

[Black Agnes]

http://qz.com/248086/china-tries-to-bolster-its-charity-bona-fides-with-ebola-aid-for-africa/

[Black Agnes]

http://allafrica.com/stories/201408120233.html?viewall=1

[Black Agnes]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgottlieb/2014/08/12/if-ebola-arrives-in-america-some-controversial-tools-could-be-used-to-stop-it/?

[Black Agnes]

http://www.trust.org/item/20140812110512-4s2re/?

[Black Agnes]

https://time.com/3092855/ebola-fear-rumors/

[Black Agnes]

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/accra-bound-passenger-dies-at-lagos-airport/186074/

Check out how they ‘tested’ him for EVD. That little laser dot thingie thermometer. If this is how they are ‘verifying’ negative infection in the 3rd world, we’re screwed.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/08/11/339302484/panic-pouring-rain-a-ray-of-sun-reporting-on-ebola-in-sierra-leone?ft=3&f=1001

[Black Agnes]

http://www.thetrentonline.com/ebola-scare-reaches-edo-state/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=ebola-scare-reaches-edo-state