Ebola: Experts highlight problems in Sierra Leone

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Ebola: Experts highlight problems in Sierra Leone

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-experts-highlight-problems-sierra-leone-164421522.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3K70gVCd_.2zLfF8kaj2Kg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-REF-TS-Par7919796-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows a member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) putting on protective gear at an ebola isolation ward" align="left" title="A picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows a member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) putting on protective gear at an ebola isolation ward" border="0" /></a>Many cases of Ebola in Sierra Leona may be going undetected, grassroots doctors warned in The Lancet on Saturday as they highlighted the impoverished country's problems in combatting the virus. The journal published the letter on the heels of ministerial talks in Ghana, where a senior UN health official on Thursday said the outbreak in West Africa, the worst in the history of Ebola, may persist for several more months. &quot;At present, there is little incentive for patients to seek professional diagnosis of suspected Ebola. It added: &quot;Even if a patient wanted to be tested for Ebola, few (if any) laboratories in the region have the capacity to safely test a biosafety level 4 pathogen.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>

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