JID: New Evidence of Long-lasting Persistence of Ebola Virus Genetic Material in Semen of Survivors

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New Evidence of Long-lasting Persistence of Ebola Virus Genetic Material in Semen of Survivors

• Mamadou S. Sow1,
• Jean-Fran?ois Etard6,
• Sylvain Baize7,
• N'Fally Magassouba2,
• Ousmane Faye8,
• Philippe Msellati6,
• Abdoulaye II Tour?3,4,
• Ibrahima Savane5,
• Moumi? Barry1 and
• Eric Delaporte6
• for the Postebogui Study Groupa

• ¹Infectious Diseases Department
• ²Projet des fi?vres h?morragiques de Guin?e, Donka University National Hospital,Guinea
• ³Institut de Recherche pour le D?veloppement (IRD) UMI 233, Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale (INSERM) U1175, Montpellier University, France
• ⁴Chaire de Sant? Publique, D?partement de Pharmacie, Universit? de Conakry
• ⁵Macenta Prefectoral Hospital, Macenta, Guinea
• ⁶IRD/UMI 233, INSERM U1175, Montpellier University, Montpellier
• ⁷Pasteur Institute/Unit of Biology of Emerging Viral Infections, International Center for Infectiology Research, INSERM, CNRS, Lyon I University, Ecole Normale Sup?rieure de Lyon, France
• ⁸Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
  
  
  
  10 of 98 men tested were positive for EBOV up to 9 months after onset of the disease
  
  http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/conten...78.short?rss=1

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