Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors

2016106 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Timothy M. Uyeki

Bobbie R. Erickson

Shelley Brown

Anita K. McElroy · Emory University Hospital

Deborah Cannon

Aridth Gibbons

Tara K. Sealy

Markus H. Kainulainen

Amy J. Schuh

Colleen S. Kraft · Emory University Hospital

Aneesh K. Mehta

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.

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Viral Infections and Vectors Disaster Response and Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 62, Issue 12, pp. 1552-1555

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw202

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