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. 2016 Jun 15;62(12):1552-1555.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw202. Epub 2016 Apr 3.

Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors

Timothy M Uyeki  1 , Bobbie Rae Erickson  1 , Shelley Brown  1 , Anita K McElroy  1   2 , Deborah Cannon  1 , Aridth Gibbons  1 , Tara Sealy  1 , Markus H Kainulainen  1 , Amy J Schuh  1 , Colleen S Kraft  2 , Aneesh K Mehta  2 , G Marshall Lyon 3rd  2 , Jay B Varkey  2 , Bruce S Ribner  2 , Richard T Ellison 3rd  3 , Ellie Carmody  4 , Gerard J Nau  5 , Christina Spiropoulou  1 , Stuart T Nichol  1 , Ute Ströher  1
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Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors

Timothy M Uyeki et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We investigated the duration of Ebola virus (EBOV) RNA and infectious EBOV in semen specimens of 5 Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors. EBOV RNA and infectious EBOV was detected by real-time RT-PCR and virus culture out to 290 days and 70 days, respectively, after EVD onset.

Keywords: Ebola virus; semen; sexual transmission.

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