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There is currently no specific cure for the disease. But doctors worldwide have been treating it with ribavirin, an anti-viral drug, and steroids. Doctors say if treated early most patients without other serious illnesses can recover.
A top Hong Kong doctor told Reuters in an exclusive interview late on Monday that some of the worst affected patients in Hong Kong were being successfully treated using antibodies in serum from recovered patients.
The presence of antibodies means those who have recovered likely would have developed some level of immunity against the virus in the future. But some experts have not ruled out the possibility that a person could be infected again and again.
Source: China Daily
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