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An experimental Ebola drug healed all 18 monkeys infected with the deadly virus in a study, boosting hopes that the treatment might help fight the outbreak raging through west Africa — once more of it can be made.

在一項研究中，一種實驗性Ebola藥物治癒了所有感染了這種致命病毒的 18 隻猴子，這增加了人們的希望，即這種治療方法可能有助於對抗在西非肆虐的疫情——一旦可以再製造一次。

The monkeys were given the drug, ZMapp, three to five days after they were infected with the virus and when most were showing symptoms. It is not known how well the drug would work in people, who can take up to 21 days...

An experimental Ebola drug healed all 18 monkeys infected with the deadly virus in a study, boosting hopes that the treatment might help fight the outbreak raging through west Africa — once more of it can be made.

在一項研究中，一種實驗性Ebola藥物治癒了所有感染了這種致命病毒的 18 隻猴子，這增加了人們的希望，即這種治療方法可能有助於對抗在西非肆虐的疫情——一旦可以再製造一次。

The monkeys were given the drug, ZMapp, three to five days after they were infected with the virus and when most were showing symptoms. It is not known how well the drug would work in people, who can take up to 21 days to show symptoms and are not infected the way the lab monkeys were.

(are not the way the lab monkeys were infected)

這些猴子在感染病毒 3 到 5 天后，大多數都出現症狀時，給它們服用了 ZMapp 藥物。 此藥在人體治療效果仍屬未知，畢竟此疾病在人類身上有長達21天的潛伏期且和在實驗是猴子感染的狀態不同。

Several experts said it is not possible to estimate a window of opportunity for treating people, but that it was encouraging that the animals recovered when treated even after advanced disease developed.

幾位專家表示，無法估計治療人的短暫時機，但令人鼓舞的是，即使在疾病發展為晚期後，動物在接受治療後也能康復。