The body of this 60-year-old man slowly numb after he was the only one in the world for the last 10 years has contracted an incredibly rare virus from lab monkeys. Apparently, to save the unfortunate will not happen.
Employee of the laboratory, where testing of drugs on monkeys, have been infected by one of the animals with the herpes virus , which slowly turns his body to stone. 60-year-old Brian Lee is one of only 20 people in the world that currently suffer from this virus. And in the last 10 years of his life turned into a nightmare. By itself, the virus is completely harmless to primates, but it is fatal to humans in 70% of cases if not treated. The herpes virus To cause inflammation of the brain and spine, leading to paralysis.
Brian at that time worked in the science lab, located in San Antonio, Texas. It contained 2 500 primates that have been used for experiments in the treatment of a variety of diseases, including AIDS. However, Bryan himself in any scientific research did not participate, he had a much more simple task – to clean the cages and feed the monkeys. Naturally, for these purposes, he wore a special protective suit, wearing glasses, and the clothes protected him from the bites and claws of animals. However, in the summer of 2008 his eyes water when he sprayed her in the cage. In addition, the suit ripped a piece of plastic.
In August of the same year, passing through regular health screening for the virus In Brian learned what had become a victim of this infection. At the hospital, he spent 6 days under the dripper, before he was sent home with antiviral medicines. Since a man’s life turned into continuous suffering, and his body slowly numbs the section. It is believed that this is the only infected with the virus people over the last 10 years. Note that the virus of herpes must be treated immediately, otherwise it will fall into the Central nervous system that still lead the patient to death, even after intensive treatment. Death most often develops on the background of lung failure because of paralysis, and currently Brian is slowly coming to this point. (READ MORE)