Resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea Linked to a Survivor With Virus Persistence in Seminal Fluid for More Than 500 Days.
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We report on an Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivor who showed Ebola virus in seminal fluid 531 days after onset of disease. The persisting virus was sexually transmitted in February 2016, about 470 days after onset of symptoms, and caused a new cluster of EVD in Guinea and Liberia.
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Ebola virus, Ebola virus persistence, real-time sequencing, seminal fluid, sexual transmission, Disease Outbreaks, Ebolavirus, Female, Guinea, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola, Humans, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Viral, Semen, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral, Survivors
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Clin Infect Dis
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1058-4838
1537-6591
1537-6591
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63
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Wellcome Trust (097997/Z/11/A)
Wellcome Trust (097997/Z/11/Z)
Wellcome Trust (100891/Z/13/Z)
Wellcome Trust (097997/Z/11/Z)
Wellcome Trust (100891/Z/13/Z)