Liberia: Gs-5734 Drug Could Prove Helpful for Ebola Survivors

Four days after launching what could be a medical breakthrough for Ebola survivors, the principal investigators for the PREVAIL Natural History Study and Persistent Ebola Virus Study yesterday provided more details about the studies at the Ministry of Information's regular press briefing in Monrovia.

The Co-Principal Investigator for the Persistent Ebola Virus Study (PREVAIL IV), Dr. Dehkontee Gayedyu-Dennis, said because the Ebola virus may stay hidden in certain parts of the body and bodily fluids, such as semen, even after a person recovers from Ebola, scientists are hard at work to develop drugs to tackle the virus.

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