I have a question about receiving blood from people that have recovered from Ebola.

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I saw in the news that the lady lady from Scotland was receiving blood from the recovered man from earlier in the year.

Is this like a direct blood transfusion are

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Will they have had to be the same blood type or is it done differently?
Sorry I'm not very well clued up on these things but I was curious:

Yes, they'd have to be the same blood type for it to be effective.

He's already fought off the infection and has antibodies.

I don't really know much about it either!

That's got to suck for people with a different blood group!

It might be blood plasma - which has various things removed.

I think it's blood plasma and the absolute type doesn't have to be conserved I think (eg AB can be given to A or B - at least I think that's right but I ain't a transplant person so I'd check with a grown up before trying it at home).