Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors

Timothy M. Uyeki; Bobbie R. Erickson; Shelley Brown; Anita K. McElroy; Deborah Cannon; 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

doi:10.1093/cid/ciw202

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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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