Posted on 04/05/2009 1:22:00 AM PDT by neverdem
A researcher who may have been exposed to the deadly ebolavirus was declared healthy and released from isolation at a German hospital Thursday [2 Apr 2009], having been spared the horrific symptoms of the disease.
The woman had accidentally pricked her finger 3 weeks ago [12 Mar 2009] with a needle used to inject Ebola into mice. It was not known if the virus actually entered her bloodstream, but she was given an experimental vaccine just in case. The vaccine had never been tested on humans. Scientists don’t know if the vaccine saved her or if she was simply lucky not to get the disease during an excruciating 21-day waiting period. “The patient is healthy. We’re happy about that,” said Dr Stefan Schmiedel, who attended to her at a Hamburg hospital.
I thought it was only AIDS that could be gotten from a prick.
There’s more to the AP story.
Must be. Couldn’t they take blood samples during this 21 day incubation and ‘see’ if the virus was present? Or other samples? Do they not show up in testing? Vaccine made by ‘whom’? Well, a brave ‘human trial’ here. . .
This stuff, microbiology, virology and immunology is all work in progress.
Hepatitis C is also a danger.
You'd better believe she's going to have a lot of blood drawn as they look for antibodies!
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