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Is it possible for a patient to battle the ebola virus in their body for more than three month, and still be alive moving around.

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Dr. Irving Harper answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Yes: We already knows it takes up to three weeks for symptoms to begin to present in patients. This can be longer. Once symptoms appear, based on patients immune status, overall health ,nutrition as well as available medical care they may survive for extended period of time before clearing the virus and getting better

Answered 9/29/2016

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