(Newswire.net — August 26, 2014) Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA — Dr. Abraham Borbor was one of a few top doctors who had been leading the way in treating patients of the Ebola outbreak in Africa. The doctor became ill after contracting the deadly Ebola virus and was receiving the new experimental drug therapy ZMapp, which has successfully saved the lives of several Ebola-infected patients, including two American doctors.
He died in hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, the same hospital he held the position of deputy Chief Medical Officer, the largest hospital in the country.
One of three doctors in Liberia who were undergoing the drug treatment, Dr. Borbor was making a good recovery, “showing signs of improvement, but yesterday he took a turn for the worse,” according to Liberian Information Minister, Lewis Brown.
To date, more than 1,400 people have died from the deadly outbreak of Ebola, including more than 120 health care workers who chose to risk their lives to help those suffering. Liberia has been the worst hit, suffering the most deaths, with at least 570 deaths. The current Ebola outbreak is now officially the worst ever experienced.
Liberia has had to bring in the use of Army, police and fire services to help try to enforce the recently introduced Ebola quarantine in Monrovia, the country’s capital city. Surrounding countries are also doing all they can to help stop the spread of the deadly virus, with the Sierra Leone government recently passing a law that it is a criminal offence to hide any Ebola sufferer.
International concern continues to increase as the Ebola outbreaks shows signs of spreading beyond West Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa has reported new Ebola cases, while two people in the town of Gera, Ethiopia, towards the East African coast, have also tested positive for the deadly virus according to government reports.
Until know, the epidemic has been centered in West Africa, within the countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria.
According to the World Health Organization, this current outbreak is the worst experienced in the history of the disease. Ebola first appeared in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan. The Congo has had six separate Ebola virus outbreaks since then, with this being the worst.
Five different strains of the virus are known, with four capable of causing infections in humans. The Ebola virus is spread through direct contact with blood or body fluids, it is not airborne spread. Symptoms begin anywhere from two days to three weeks after initial contraction of the disease and include fever, muscle pain and headaches. A rash, with vomiting and diarrhea soon follow. Liver and kidneys then begin to fail and internal and external bleeding usually begins.
With no specific treatment for the disease yet known, the experimental ZMapp drug was showing promising hope of a successful and much needed cure.
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