UPDATE: Ebola Question - What blood type are the people contracting the virus & what blood type are the ones getting over it?

B is actually more prevalent in Asians.

Dr. Kent Brantley recovered. He is A+.

He recovered after receiving blood from a black boy with antibodies. Don't forget about that.

Nieman Pick Protein - It's what the virus uses as a sort of raft in our bodies to get into our cells. So you don't want to have as many of these proteins.

Here is where they talk about it:

[link to www.nytimes.com]

Here is where they talk about the Geographic distribution of the mutation. (remember, "mutation" means you don't make as many of these proteins), which in the case of Ebola...is good.

[link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pages 9 and 12 have the most information.

Snip:

"The hypothesis that it probably originates from Western Europe is strengthened by the observation that the mutation occurs in countries with a strong historical European immigration. We have indications that this applies to Quebec and Australia and, definitely, to the United States."

B is actually more prevalent in Asians.

Dr. Kent Brantley recovered. He is A+.

It is also very high in Most Native Americans...I am RH B+

Also are they rh - or rh + ? O- blood cannot be cloned. That one blood type can donate blood to anyone. It's a mutation that cannot be explained. There's alot of crazy theories about O- blood. Go look for yourself.

The boy had to have been the same blood type to do this.

Hemochromatosis gene might play a small protective role. It's a pretty common mutation in European population, especially from the British Isles.

So I wonder whether it is only a particular blood type dying from Ebola and others can build an immunity?

It's not a mutation.

The origins of Rhesus negative blood types are still a mystery.