Why do some survive Ebola? Sierra Leone study offers clues

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Why do some survive Ebola? Sierra Leone study offers clues

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/why-survive-ebola-sierra-leone-study-offers-clues-210005870.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wXy0Xz2sU8UZEBO47zTs5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-29T210005Z_1_LYNXMPEA9S0YY_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA-SIERRALEONE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Survivors of the Ebola outbreak attend a discharging ceremony at a health clinic in Freetown" align="left" title="Survivors of the Ebola outbreak attend a discharging ceremony at a health clinic in Freetown" border="0" /></a>By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - An analysis of the first Ebola cases in Sierra Leone helps draw a clearer picture of why some people survive the disease, while others do not, including their age and the pace at which the virus replicates within their body. The study published Wednesday is based on data gathered from 106 patients diagnosed with Ebola at the Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone from May 25 to July 18. Some of the data on this group was incinerated because of fears that the nurses' station where the records were kept became contaminated. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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