Abstract

Among 149 men who survived Ebola virus disease (EVD) and donated semen 260–1016 days after EVD onset, Ebola virus (EBOV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) was detected in 13 (9%). Of 137 men who donated semen 2 years after EVD onset, 11 (8%) had an EBOV RNA-positive specimen. The mechanism underlying the persistence of EBOV RNA in semen is unclear, and it is unclear whether the detection of viral RNA represents the presence of infectious virus.

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Title
Ebola Virus Ribonucleic Acid Detection in Semen More Than Two Years After Resolution of Acute Ebola Virus Infection
Author
Fischer, William A 1 ; Brown, Jerry 2 ; David Alain Wohl 3 ; Loftis, Amy James 3 ; Tozay, Sam 2 ; Reeves, Edwina 2 ; Pewu, Korto 2 ; Gorvego, Galapaki 2 ; Quellie, Saturday 4 ; Cunningham, Coleen K 5 ; Carson Merenbloom 3 ; Napravnik, Sonia 3 ; Dube, Karine 6 ; Adjasoo, David 7 ; Jones, Erin 7 ; Bonarwolo, Korlia 8 ; Hoover, David 7 

 Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 
 Eternal Love Winning Africa Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia 
 Infectious Disease 
 Phebe Hospital & School of Nursing, Suakoko, Bong County, Liberia 
 Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 
 Public Health Leadership Program, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
 Clinical Research Management, Inc. (ClinicalRM), Hinckley, Ohio; 
 Ebola Survivor Association of Liberia Inc, Monrovia 
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Summer 2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23288957
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3171022293
Copyright
© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.