Persistence of Ebola virus in semen among Ebola virus disease survivors in Sierra Leone: A cohort study of frequency, duration, and risk factors.

Persistence of Ebola virus in semen among Ebola virus disease survivors in Sierra Leone: A cohort study of frequency, duration, and risk factors.

<h4>Background</h4>Sexual transmission chains of Ebola virus (EBOV) have been verified and linked to EBOV RNA persistence in semen, post-recovery. The rate of semen persistence over time, including the average duration of persistence among Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors, is not well...

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Main Authors: A E Thorson, G F Deen, K T Bernstein, W J Liu, F Yamba, N Habib, F R Sesay, P Gaillard, T A Massaquoi, S L R McDonald, Y Zhang, K N Durski, S Singaravelu, E Ervin, H Liu, A Coursier, J E Marrinan, A Ariyarajah, M Carino, P Formenty, U Ströher, M Lamunu, G Wu, F Sahr, W Xu, B Knust, N Broutet, Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-02-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003273&type=printable
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