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Originally Posted by Trapper John
Interesting that you brought that point up, ODNT. When we look at key biomarkers in the blood of EBOLA survivors it looks as if these survivors had a co-infection on board at the time of infection with EBOLA. Specifically, a parasitic infection IMO. The co-infection would have conferred a pre-infection activated innate immune response that would have reduced or eliminated infecting EBOLA virus. Incidentally, I seem to recall a similar effect and resistance to HIV infection.
My advice to you guys worrying about getting an EBOLA infection, rub some dirt in it.  |
Interesting.
Trap,
One thing that I'd question is, where Ebola is normally found, those people are pretty much living in "the dirt." They don't have the best sanitation facilities and their kids, when young (ie growing up) usually play in the dirt, not like back here where if little Johnny or Susie want to play at the park they need to be wearing a "crash helmet", knee pads, elbow pads, and are slathered in some sort of antibacterial ointment, hell, they're this close from having to wear a full body condom just to play in the front yard now-a-days.
So it would reason that the West African people who are in the Ebola "hot zone(s)" would have that immune system "up and running" to help fight off the virus, to I believe what you are referring to.
They just
really have to learn to stop eating infected fruit bats and monkeys, or what ever else it is they do with monkeys that would warrant them catching the disease.