The laboratory researcher in Germany who was accidentally exposed to the deadly Ebola virus two weeks ago remains good health, according to virologist Stephan Günther Bernhard Nocht Institute for tropical medicine in Hamburg, Germany, where the researcher pricked during an experiment. Günther coordinated an international effort to save the life of the researcher in case she was infected by giving it an experimental vaccine. In the last week, it has not developed a fever, and Ebola virus was not detected in his blood. . If it remains, it will be released on April 3, after the 21-day period for Ebola incubation purposes
said Günther Science Insider that there was a development minor week: the patient developed slightly elevated levels of D-dimer, which are fragments of proteins that are a possible indication of a coagulation disorder and could be a sign of infection with Ebola virus.
However, D-dimer may also indicate other conditions, such as a blood clot, or coronary artery disease, and showed no other signs of illness. Günther and briefly considered if advisers to give him an experimental drug called anticoagulant rNAPc2, but decided to hold off.
Because she remained in good health, "the reason for this laboratory discovery is most likely not Ebola," says Günther. She was moved to an isolation unit as a precaution last week, but as of yesterday, it is in a regular hospital room, according to Stefan Schmiedel, the clinician University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf oversee his care. But it may not be possible to determine whether the researcher has remained healthy because the vaccine worked or because it has never been infected with the virus.
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