A new study had shown that the survivors of the Ebola
virus disease suffer from brain impairments months after their initial
infection. The virus "penetrates into the brain and causes lasting
symptoms", says neurologist Lauren Bowen from the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) in the United States.
Bowen and her colleagues
travelled to Liberia to examine a group of people who survived the virus at
least six months after their initial infection, and then follow them up over
time.
This neurological study is
part of a larger research project on Ebola survivors, known as Prevail III.
Several medical teams - including eye doctors, infectious disease specialists
and internal medicine doctors - will study other symptoms.
