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People who survive the Ebola virus are much more vulnerable than previously thought, that's according to a report published in the scientific journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. A study of more than 1100 people in Guinea has found out that Ebola survivors died at a rate five times higher than those who had not contracted Ebola. "

"Most of these deaths happened in the first few months after recovery from the acute phase of the disease" says the reports senior author Lorenzo Subissi. "The investigation of these deaths actually revealed that renal failure was the potential contributor for over half of the deaths".

The research was carried out on those who came through the biggest ever outbreak of the disease in West Africa in 2013. And it has major implications for the current Ebola outbreak, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr Subissi spoke to Newsday's James Copnall.

(Photo:Three Ebola survivors in North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo Credit: Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images)

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