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In addition to being present in body fluids, the virus is also present on a patient's skin after symptoms develop, according to Bruce Ribner, the infectious disease specialist who heads the team that has cared for three Ebola patients at Emory University Medical Centre in Atlanta. Speaking at a medical conference last week, Dr Ribner said his team had tested the patients, and finding the virus on the skin underlined how contagious the disease was once symptoms were apparent.