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Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen Ex Vivo |
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| Authors: | Robert J. Fischer Seth Judson Kerri Miazgowicz Trent Bushmaker Vincent J. Munster |
| Affiliation: | National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA |
| Abstract: | On March 20, 2015, a case of Ebola virus disease was identified in Liberia that most likely was transmitted through sexual contact. We assessed the efficiency of detecting Ebola virus in semen samples by molecular diagnostics and the stability of Ebola virus in ex vivo semen under simulated tropical conditions. |
| Keywords: | Ebola virus disease semen sexual transmission qRT-PCR Ebola diagnostics viruses Ebola |