Ebola Virus Grew In Dr. Ian Crozier Months After the virus left his Blood

 Dr. Ian Crozier was one of the victims that the deadly virus Ebola almost ended his life when he was working in an Ebola treatment ward in Sierra Leone as a volunteer for the World Health Organization. But after a long fight he was  released from Emory University Hospital in October when his doctors thought he was cured. But not less than two months later,Dr. Ian Crozier was back at the hospital with a fading eye sight, intense pain and soaring pressure in his left eye.

With much amazement from his doctors, the test results showed  that  Dr. Crozier’s eye was teeming with Ebola. Earlier on the doctors had considered the possibility that the virus had invaded his eye, but they had not really expected to find it there.

Even though the virus may persist in semen for months, other body fluids were thought to be clear of it once a patient recovered. Almost nothing was known about the ability of Ebola to lurk inside the eye. Despite the infection within his eye, Dr. Crozier’s tears and the surface of his eye were virus-free, so he posed no risk to anyone who had casual contact with him.

More than a year after the epidemic in West Africa was recognized, doctors are still learning about the course of the disease and its lingering effects on survivors. Information about the aftermath of Ebola has been limited because past outbreaks were small: no more than a few hundred cases, often with death rates of 50 percent to 80 percent. But now, with at least 10,000 survivors in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, patterns are emerging NYTimes reports.