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US doctor recovered from Ebola virus speaks out

A missionary, who caught Ebola while working in West Africa, has thanked the medical team in the ...
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11.53 21 Aug 2014


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US doctor recovered from Ebola virus speaks out

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A missionary, who caught Ebola while working in West Africa, has thanked the medical team in the United States who helped him recover from the disease.

Dr Kent Brantly has been discharged from hospital in Atlanta.

Dr Brantly left the Emory University Hospital where he had been receiving treatment.

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Dr Brantly and fellow aid worker Nancy Writebol were flown out of the west African nation of Liberia earlier this month after contracting the disease.

They were both infected while working at a missionary clinic outside Monrovia and have now been discharged from hospital.

They were receiving treatment for the deadly disease in an isolation unit at the hospital. Earlier this month, Dr Brantly insisted the only available dose of an experimental serum went to Ms Writebol.

The Ebola outbreak has killed at least 1,350 people across Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria in western Africa.

It is only spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of those infected with the virus and who are experiencing symptoms.

Dr Brantly explained at a press conference what happened when he was infected with the virus in Liberia.

Originally published 11:47


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