The highly infectious disease is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola.
For years, no doctor was able to tell Michael Hall what was wrong with him.
The veterinarian contracted the rare disease after dissecting two dead monkeys in March.
The drug isn't funded in New Zealand and costs nearly $500,000 a year.
Fears it'll cause the next viral pandemic may be "a little premature".
A researcher says the illness has produced different lab results to the other diseases.
