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American doctor in Uganda confronts Ebola

KAMPALA, Uganda -- For more than a week, Dr. Scott Myhre didn’t take any special precautions when treating the listless patients who were flocking to his hospital in western Uganda. Only now does the American physician know the risk he took. The patients were suffering from a new strain of Ebola, a highly contagious disease that has already killed 22 people, including four health workers, among them a doctor Myhre counted as his best friend.

“I’m not in the clear yet but I’m hopeful,” Myhre told The Associated Press by telephone from Bundibugyo Hospital, which is at the epicenter of the outbreak. Myhre, who has lived in Uganda for 14 years, must wait 21 days from his last unprotected contact with an Ebola patient to be declared clear of the disease.

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