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Using their immunity, Ebola survivors play special role in Congo outbreak
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ebola-survivors-congo-care-1.5106455Alessandra Prentice · Thomson Reuters · CBC News
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But Masika has antibodies in her system after she won her own battle against Ebola last year, and she now has immunity.
The 33-year-old mother of six can spend entire days with patients at a treatment centre in the North Kivu town of Beni, offering a comforting presence among a crowd of faceless figures with names written on their suits with markers.
Medical staff and an Ebola survivor, who doesn't need to wear the same protective gear, treat Ebola patient Ibrahim Mupalalo inside the Biosecure Emergency Care Unit at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Congo. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)
Masika is one of dozens of survivors who are providing care — and much-needed human contact — to some of the littlest victims of the second-worst Ebola epidemic on record.
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