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Germany - Hamburg researcher treated for Ebola exposure
It has been reported that a researcher at a Hamburg laboratory was punctured with a needle that may have contained traces of the deadly Ebola virus and has been transferred to an isolation ward following inoculation treatment.
The scientist from the Bernhard-Nocht-Institut for tropical medicine, was reportedly punctured through protective clothing while in a high-security laboratory last week. Though she showed no signs of infection, a group of experts recommended an inoculation treatment developed in the U.S.
The virus strain with which the unidentified woman had been working has a mortality rate of around 90 percent. She was put into isolation after developing a fever 24 hours after the incident, and doctors were examining whether the high temperature resulted from the treatment or from an Ebola infection.
The scientist from the Bernhard-Nocht-Institut for tropical medicine, was reportedly punctured through protective clothing while in a high-security laboratory last week. Though she showed no signs of infection, a group of experts recommended an inoculation treatment developed in the U.S.
The virus strain with which the unidentified woman had been working has a mortality rate of around 90 percent. She was put into isolation after developing a fever 24 hours after the incident, and doctors were examining whether the high temperature resulted from the treatment or from an Ebola infection.
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