Resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea Linked to a Survivor With Virus Persistence in Seminal Fluid for More Than 500 Days.
Boubacar
Diallo
;
Daouda
Sissoko
;
Nicholas J
Loman
;
Hadja Aïssatou
Bah
;
Hawa
Bah
;
Mary Claire
Worrell
;
Lya Saidou
Conde
;
Ramata
Sacko
;
Samuel
Mesfin
;
Angelo
Loua
;
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Jacques Katomba
Kalonda
;
Ngozi A
Erondu
;
Benjamin A
Dahl
;
Susann
Handrick
;
Ian
Goodfellow
;
Luke W
Meredith
;
Matthew
Cotten
;
Umaru
Jah
;
Raoul Emeric
Guetiya Wadoum
;
Pierre
Rollin
;
N'Faly
Magassouba
;
Denis
Malvy
;
Xavier
Anglaret
;
Miles W
Carroll
;
Raymond Bruce
Aylward
;
Mamoudou Harouna
Djingarey
;
Abdoulaye
Diarra
;
Pierre
Formenty
;
Sakoba
Keïta
;
Stephan
Günther
;
Andrew
Rambaut
;
Sophie
Duraffour
;
(2016)
Resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea Linked to a Survivor With Virus Persistence in Seminal Fluid for More Than 500 Days.
Clinical infectious diseases, 63 (10).
pp. 1353-1356.
ISSN 1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw601
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.
Item Type | Article |
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ISI | 388554500019 |
Date Deposited | 22 Sep 2016 01:03 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-3351