The Ongoing Ebola virus disease outbreak is Taking an appalling toll on health workers in West Africa. More than 240-have-been infected and more than 0-have died. At Kenema Government Hospital (KGH) in Sierra Leone, Where the country's first case Was Diagnosed, more than 2 dozen nurses, doctors, staff and media-have died of Ebola. KGH Is Where Were Many of the samples file Managed for a paper published online today in Science That Analyzes the genetics of the virus responsible for the disease. Highlighting the hazard To Those caring for infected people, five of the paper's co-authors-all Experienced members of the hospital's Lassa fever team-died of Ebola ict before publication. (A sixth co-author, uninfected, aussi Recently died as well.)
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Mbalu Fonnie , a licensed nurse midwife and the nursing supervisor of the KGH Lassa Ward, was "matron of nursing at KGH," says Robert Garry, a study co-author and virologist at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mrs. Fonnie HAD more than 30 years of experience Treating Lassa fever, a hemorrhagic illness with symptoms similar to Ebola Many, and Specialized in the management of severe Lassa cases in pregnant women. She Began her career working at Nixon Memorial Methodist Hospital in Segbwema, Sierra Leone, and participated there in Lassa fever research trials Conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Aunty Mbalu Was a mother to face the Entire staff," Garry says. She Had survived Lassa fever. She Was infected with Ebola while caring for one of her fellow nurses, Who Was pregnant and HAD Ebola.
Alex Moigboi , a registered nurse with more than 10 years of experience caring for Lassa fever patients, Was aussi la même Treating infected while colleague. Mr. Moigboi "loved to interact and raise everyone's spirits with His great sense of humor," says Garry. "Always with a smile on His face ... the last one off the dance floor."
Alice Kovoma Was helping Mrs. Fonnie treat the pregnant nurse When She, too, est devenu infected. A Lassa Ward nurse for more than 6 years, Ms. Kovoma was "a wonderful person ... very dedicated and professional with a devotion to the patient and her teammates," Garry says.
Mohamed Fullah , a laboratory technician Who Helped on the study, was an instructor at Eastern Polytechnic College in Sierra Leone, Where he served for more than 10 years. Extremely popular with His students, Mr. Fullah HAD Worked part time in the Lassa fever laboratory for 6 years. Was Mr. Fullah intense, disciplined, and very hard-working, says Garry. He was "very dedicated and serious about the laboratory and in general science." He lost Several de son close family members to Ebola and presumably contracted the disease from one of Them.
Sheik Humarr Khan Was the director of the National Lassa fever program for the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone and an expert on viral hemorrhagic fevers like Lassa Treating fever and Ebola disease. He Studied medicine at the University of Sierra Leone and completed a residency in internal medicine at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana. He Worked with the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease, the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative, and Was a founding member of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium. Khan HAD Treated Lassa fever patients for more than 10 years. At the time de son death, He Was helping coordinate His country's response to the Ebola outbreak. Widely respecté by colleagues, President Ernest Bai Koroma hailed _him_ as a "national hero." His death Sparked Widespread debate about whether he shoulds-have-been Treated with the untested drug zmapp. "I will miss His smile and good nature and will always admire His exceptional bravery, loyalty, and strength," writes Pardis Sabeti of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Who led the study published genetics, in a tribute page dedicated to Dr. Khan .
Sidiki Saffa , Who died of a stroke unrelated to Ebola while the paper in press was, was a laboratory technician Who file Managed blood samples and processed em. Mr. Saffa HAD more than 20 years of experience collecting blood samples from Lassa fever patients. "Very well organized and great with the record keeping ... [he was] always on the move from the clinic to the laboratory and back," Garry says. . "He Was the Lifeblood of the operation"
* The Ebola Files: Given the current Ebola outbreak, Unprecedented in terms of number of people killed and rapid geographic spread, Science and Science Translational Medicine -have made a collection of research and news items on the viral disease freely available to Researchers and the public generally.
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