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A doctor infected with the deadly Ebola virus has refused the only dose of a ­potentially life-saving serum.

Dr Kent Brantly, 33, has insisted the experimental drug goes to missionary Nancy Writebol, who has also caught the virus.

Both Americans are in a “stable but grave” condition after contracting Ebola while treating sufferers in Liberia.

Dr Brantly’s charity Samaritan’s Purse said his condition was getting worse, but he had still demanded that the serum went to Mrs Writebol, 60.

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Charity head Franklin Graham explained: “Yesterday an experimental serum arrived but there was only enough for one. Dr Brantly asked that it be given to Nancy Writebol.”

Another spokesman added: “Even as he battles to survive Ebola, this heroic doctor is still focused on the well-being of others.”

The Texan doctor, married with two children, has been given a blood transfusion from an African boy of 14 whose life he helped saved.