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erpowers

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Fri May 8, 2015, 10:58 AM May 2015

An American Doctor Cured of Ebola Finds the Disease in His Eye

American doctor Ian Crozier was treated for Ebola in Atlanta last year and declared free of the virus in his blood. But he had no way of knowing it still lurked in his eye.

About two months after being released from the hospital, he experienced a piercing pain in his left eye, he told The New York Times. The pressure in his eye elevated while his vision decreased.

After repeated tests, doctors discovered the virus was still living in his eye.

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Despite the presence of the virus in the eye, samples from tears and the outer eye membrane tested negative, which means the patient was not at risk of spreading the disease during casual contact, Emory said in a statement Thursday.


http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/08/health/ebola-eye-american-doctor/index.html

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An American Doctor Cured of Ebola Finds the Disease in His Eye (Original Post) erpowers May 2015 OP
Shit! trumad May 2015 #1
the eyes have it! Javaman May 2015 #2
very interesting, thanks for the story uppityperson May 2015 #3
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