Chicago ¨C The U.S. missionary who tested positive for Ebola and is undergoing treatment in a German hospital has been given drugs aimed at reducing disease symptoms after exposure to the virus and other therapies, U.S. health officials said Friday.
There are no vaccines or known drugs specifically approved to treat the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ?which has infected almost 750 people and killed 177.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials, citing health privacy laws, would ?not disclose ?which specific treatments are being given to the patient, who has been identified by the Serge ?Christian mission organization as Dr. Peter Stafford.
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