Ebola Virus Transmission Initiated by Relapse of Systemic Ebola Virus Disease

Ebola Virus Transmission Initiated by Relapse of Systemic Ebola Virus Disease – New England Journal of Medicine

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In this report from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola virus disease developed in a young man, and he recovered after treatment with a monoclonal antibody.
6 months later, EVD recrudesced, and he transmitted the virus to others & died from EVD @NEJM https://t.co/kJSBNdN5bC pic.twitter.com/jDnnGMLmOG

— Antibiotic Steward??Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) March 31, 2021