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*UPDATE - IT IS NOT EBOLA!! - LOCAL PAPER, The StarPhoenix, REPORTS:
"Update: A suspected case of ebola in Saskatchewan has tested negative. The World Health Organization tweeted the results Tuesday morning. "#Canada #Ebola suspect tests NEGATIVE for Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, CCHF, RVF @WHO @pahowho at Winnipeg BSL4 lab," tweeted Gregory Härtl, WHO's head of public relations.
"Lab results from Winnipeg will be officially confirmed by Canada," he also wrote."
Had the patient had Ebola Zaire, as first believed, this could have been a major cluster fuck. Had an Ebola Zaire patient been on an airplane with a group of people then it would be necessary to both isolate and quarantine them.
Early on the patient was incorrectly believed to have the Zaire strain of Ebola, a hemorrhagic disease. The body bleeds out and then turns to a bag of liquid virus. The fatality rate for Ebola Zaire is 9 of 10, there is no known cure and no known effective treatment. It spreads via contact and via aerosol (cough, breathing). Few hospitals have been able to contain Ebola Zaire; lots of nurses and doctors have died trying. Luckily the patient does NOT have Ebola Zaire.
Just finished reading "Virus Hunter" by C. J. Peters and this incident at first read like one of the potential disaster scenarios Peters' describes.
C.J. Peters, the virologist from the CDC who played a large role in the Hot Zone also published his memoirs. It's different from Preston's books- very autobiographical, less like an action movie- but still has a lot of cool virology and is an interesting read. Almost made me pursue a degree in microbiology! It's called Virus Hunter.
If you enjoyed reading The Hot Zone then I highly recommend Virus Hunter by C.J. Peters (link here). C.J. Peters was the director of the Special Pathogens division at the CDC at the time the events of The Hot Zone were taking place and is a very good read. And while we're on the topic of viruses, Richard Preston's book The Demon in the Freezer is a great (non-fiction) book on the eradication of the smallpox virus.