Ebola virus RNA in semen from an HIV-positive survivor of Ebola

Lawrence J. Purpura; Emerson Rogers; April Baller; Stephen White; Moses Soka; Mary J. Choi; Nuha Mahmoud; Christine Wasunna; Moses Massaquoi; Jomah Kollie; Straker Dweh; Philip Bemah; Victor Ladele; Jonathan Kpaka; Mary Jawara; Margaret Mugisha; Onyekachi Subah; Mylene Faikai; Jeff A. Bailey; Pierre Rollin; Barbara Marston; Tolbert Nyenswah; Alex Gasasira; Barbara Knust; Stuart Nichol; Desmond Williams

doi:10.3201/eid2304.161743

Ebola virus RNA in semen from an HIV-positive survivor of Ebola

Lawrence J. Purpura, Emerson Rogers, April Baller, Stephen White, Moses Soka, Mary J. Choi, Nuha Mahmoud, Christine Wasunna, Moses Massaquoi, Jomah Kollie, Straker Dweh, Philip Bemah, Victor Ladele, Jonathan Kpaka, Mary Jawara, Margaret Mugisha, Onyekachi Subah, Mylene Faikai, Jeff A. Bailey, Pierre RollinBarbara Marston, Tolbert Nyenswah, Alex Gasasira, Barbara Knust, Stuart Nichol, Desmond Williams

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Abstract

Ebola virus is known to persist in semen of male survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD). However, maximum duration of, or risk factors for, virus persistence are unknown. We report an EVD survivor with preexisting HIV infection, whose semen was positive for Ebola virus RNA 565 days after recovery from EVD.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	714-715
Number of pages	2
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	23
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161743
State	Published - Apr 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Purpura, L. J., Rogers, E., Baller, A., White, S., Soka, M., Choi, M. J., Mahmoud, N., Wasunna, C., Massaquoi, M., Kollie, J., Dweh, S., Bemah, P., Ladele, V., Kpaka, J., Jawara, M., Mugisha, M., Subah, O., Faikai, M., Bailey, J. A., ... Williams, D. (2017). Ebola virus RNA in semen from an HIV-positive survivor of Ebola. Emerging infectious diseases, 23(4), 714-715. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161743

Purpura, LJ, Rogers, E, Baller, A, White, S, Soka, M, Choi, MJ, Mahmoud, N, Wasunna, C, Massaquoi, M, Kollie, J, Dweh, S, Bemah, P, Ladele, V, Kpaka, J, Jawara, M, Mugisha, M, Subah, O, Faikai, M, Bailey, JA, Rollin, P, Marston, B, Nyenswah, T, Gasasira, A, Knust, B, Nichol, S & Williams, D 2017, 'Ebola virus RNA in semen from an HIV-positive survivor of Ebola', Emerging infectious diseases, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 714-715. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161743

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