Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors | Zendy

Timothy M. Uyeki | Zendy; Bobbie R. Erickson | Zendy; Shelley Brown | Zendy; Anita K. McElroy | Zendy; Deborah Can | Zendy; Aridth Gibbons | Zendy; Tara K. Sealy | Zendy; Markus H. Kainulainen | Zendy; Amy J. Schuh | Zendy; Colleen S. Kraft | Zendy; Aneesh K. Mehta | Zendy; G. Marshall Lyon | Zendy; Jay B. Varkey | Zendy; Bruce S. Ribner | Zendy; Richard T. Ellison | Zendy; Ellie Carmody | Zendy; Gerard J. Nau | Zendy; Christina F. Spiropoulou | Zendy; Stuart T. Nichol | Zendy; Ute Ströher | Zendy

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Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors

Author(s) -

Timothy M. Uyeki,

Bobbie R. Erickson,

Shelley Brown,

Anita K. McElroy,

Deborah Can,

Aridth Gibbons,

Tara K. Sealy,

Markus H. Kainulainen,

Amy J. Schuh,

Colleen S. Kraft,

Aneesh K. Mehta,

G. Marshall Lyon,

Jay B. Varkey,

Bruce S. Ribner,

Richard T. Ellison,

Ellie Carmody,

Gerard J. Nau,

Christina F. Spiropoulou,

Stuart T. Nichol,

Ute Ströher

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw202

Subject(s) - ebola virus , virology , medicine , semen , virus , persistence (discontinuity) , ebolavirus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , andrology , geotechnical engineering , engineering

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.

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