Puerto Rican microbiologist assisted during ebola outbreak in Liberia
Submitted on 22 October 2015 - 9:46am
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Microbiologist Guillermo Pimentel, 45, described his experience performing research and assisting patients in Liberia, where an ebola outbreak affected thousands of people. Liberia experienced almost 11,000 ebola cases, 3151 of these confirmed by laboratory tests. A total of 4,800 Liberians died of the illness.
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