She recently returned from neighbouring Guinea. More than 4,800 people have died of Ebola, mainly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, since March.
Meanwhile, an international team of scientists has been set up to determine effectiveness of using blood of Ebola survivors as a treatment. It is hoped the antibodies used by the immune system to fight Ebola can be transferred from a survivor to a patient. The study will start in Guinea.
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