Retesting blood of the female Ebola patient suspect set for Sunday

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Retesting blood of the female Ebola patient suspect set for Sunday
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BANGKOK, Aug 25 -- A blood test will be conducted on a 48-year-old woman again this Sunday to confirm that she has not contracted the deadly Ebola disease, and innovative German-made medical equipment used to treat the disease and bought by the Public Health Ministry and was scheduled to arrive today.

Opas Karnkawinpong, deputy director-general of the Ministry’s Disease Control Department, said the state-run Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute where the patient is hospitalized and was told that the patient was recovering and had no fever.

However, a blood test will be conducted on the patient again Sunday and the sample will be sent to Chulalongkorn Hospital which is coordinating with the UN World Health Organisation for analysis to ensure that the patient is Ebola-free.

In another development, Dr Apichai Mongkol, director-general of Medical Sciences Department, said 100 sets of German-made medical equipment used for testing Ebola disease on suspected patients will arrive in Thailand today.

The equipment will be “strictly used” on people suspected of carrying the disease and returning from Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Nigerian capital of Lagos only, said Dr Apichai.

Each medical kit costs about Bt3,000, he added. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-08-25

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EBOLA OUTBREAK
Thai woman free of Ebola and discharged today

BANGKOK: -- A 48-year-old Thai woman, who has been under observation for infection with the Ebola virus since last week, has been given the all clear and is going home today, Public Health Ministry's disease control department said on Monday.

The woman who was monitored at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute is being allowed to go home after the second blood test by the laboratory of Chulalongkorn University, came up negative for the disease.

The woman arrived in Bangkok last Wednesday from Liberia, one of African countries hard hit by Ebola. She went to see a doctor at a private hospital because she was afraid that she might have contracted the virus.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), outbreaks have been found in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria's Lagos. In the latest report of an outbreak in Congo, one of the two cases that tested positive was for the Sudanese strain of the disease, while the other was a mix between the Sudanese and the Zaire strains - the latter being the most lethal variety.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Thai-woman-free-of-Ebola-and-discharged-today-30241714.html

-- The Nation 2014-08-25

[Showbags]

Hope they bought real ones this time....not like the bomb detectors.

[chainarong]

If you have Ebola you don't recover end of story, the lady had something else, just what that would be is anybody's guess.

[Chris Lawrence]

$100 for each test kit is good insurance; I would have got more?

[timmyp]

If you have Ebola you don't recover end of story, the lady had something else, just what that would be is anybody's guess.

25% chance of survival. Not good odds, but death isn't a sure thing, "only" 75% of those afflicted don't recover

[Soutpeel]

The woman arrived in Bangkok last Wednesday from Liberia, one of African countries hard hit by

I aways thought the quarantine period for suspected Ebola was 21 days ?

[klauskunkel]

100 sets of German-made medical equipment used for testing Ebola disease on suspected patients will arrive in Thailand today. Each medical kit costs about Bt3,000, he added.

Does that include VAT?

[SOTIRIOS]

The Ebola incubation period is the period between infection with the virus and the appearance of symptoms associated with the disease. The incubation period can be as short as 2 days or as long as 21 days. A person is still contagious during this time.

Even if a person exhibits no signs or symptoms of Ebola, he or she can still spread the virus during the incubation period. Once symptoms begin, the person can remain contagious for about three more weeks.

[tigermonkey]

The Ebola incubation period is the period between infection with the virus and the appearance of symptoms associated with the disease. The incubation period can be as short as 2 days or as long as 21 days. A person is still contagious during this time.

Even if a person exhibits no signs or symptoms of Ebola, he or she can still spread the virus during the incubation period. Once symptoms begin, the person can remain contagious for about three more weeks.

Actually not entirely true. An infected person remains contagious after the incubation period. Even if you survive the EHF ( Ebola Hemorragic Fever) phase and become completely symptom free, it has been found that some survivors remain contagious for up 2 more months, especially via sperm. If you die, your remains are contagious for an indeterminate time, and must be immediately treated accordingly.

Edited August 25, 2014 by tigermonkey

[Artisi]

100 sets of German-made medical equipment used for testing Ebola disease on suspected patients will arrive in Thailand today. Each medical kit costs about Bt3,000, he added.

Does that include VAT?

and import duty?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Actually not entirely true. An infected person remains contagious after the incubation period. Even if you survive the EHF ( Ebola Hemorragic Fever) phase and become completely symptom free, it has been found that some survivors remain contagious for up 2 more months, especially via sperm. If you die, your remains are contagious for an indeterminate time, and must be immediately treated accordingly.

To my surprise, I recently heard listening to mainstream news radio from the U.S. (not Fox) that Ebola can be transmitted by semen for up to two months after someone infected has recovered from the Ebola disease.

When I first heard that, I was a bit skeptical, figuring it was some kind of typical media exaggeration. But in checking with the World Health Org. (WHO) website, sure enough, they're confirming that, as follows:

Men who have recovered from the disease can still transmit the virus through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery from illness.

Symptoms of Ebola virus disease

The incubation period, that is, the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symptoms is 2 to 21 days. Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms. First symptoms are the sudden onset of fever fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, symptoms of impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding (e.g. oozing from the gums, blood in the stools). Laboratory findings include low white blood cell and platelet counts and elevated liver enzymes.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/

Edited December 3, 2014 by TallGuyJohninBKK