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| Mystery deaths in Sierra Leone spread fear of Ebola relapses (Reuters) |
A poster in Sierra Leone's crumbling coastal capital Freetown proclaims a message from an Ebola survivor called Sulliaman: "I feel 100 percent healthy!" Another beaming survivor Juliana says: "I am one of the safest people to be around!"
Dr. Dan Kelly, founder of non-profit organisation Wellbody Alliance who has worked on Ebola in Sierra Leone, estimates that relapsing Ebola might affect 10 percent of all recovered patients.
He
said this was based on two cases, including Cafferkey's, where the live
virus was detected among the roughly 20 survivors treated in Europe and
the United States. Other experts have declined to give an estimate,
saying it is too early to tell.
Doctors at
Freetown's 34 Military Hospital said they had seen two Ebola survivors
return for treatment weeks after being discharged complaining of
respiratory problems, including one this month. Both later died.
Officials
at King's Sierra Leone Partnership also confirmed one possible relapse
case in a patient with a weakened immune system in Freetown a week after
recovery. Sierra Leone's National Ebola Response Centre said further
research on such "anomalies" is underway
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