[HTML][HTML] Molecular evidence of sexual transmission of Ebola virus

SE Mate, JR Kugelman, TG Nyenswah… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
<p id="p001">A suspected case of sexual transmission from a male survivor of Ebola virus
disease (EVD) to his female partner (the patient in this report) occurred in Liberia in March …

Systematic review of the literature on viral persistence and sexual transmission from recovered Ebola survivors: evidence and recommendations

A Thorson, P Formenty, C Lofthouse, N Broutet - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The main aim of this article is to present a comprehensive, systematic review on
evidence of sexual transmission from Ebola survivors and persistence of Ebola virus in body …

Ebola virus shedding and transmission: review of current evidence

P Vetter, WA Fischer, M Schibler… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. The magnitude of the 2013–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa
was unprecedented, with >28 500 reported cases and >11 000 deaths. Understanding the …

Sexual transmission and the probability of an end of the Ebola virus disease epidemic

H Lee, H Nishiura - Journal of theoretical biology, 2019 - Elsevier
The criteria of zero Ebola cases defined by the World Health Organization did not explicitly
account for the sexual transmission and led to multiple recrudescent events in West Africa …

Persistence of Ebola Virus in Survivors & Risks of Sexual Transmission: A Systematic Review

A Cheung - 2019 - elischolar.library.yale.edu
Background: Longitudinal cohort studies of Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors from the
2014-2016 West African outbreak have found evidence of Ebola virus (EBOV) and EBOV RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Persistence and sexual transmission of filoviruses

BG Schindell, AL Webb, J Kindrachuk - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
There is an increasing frequency of reports regarding the persistence of the Ebola virus (EBOV)
in Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors. During the 2014–2016 West African EVD …

[HTML][HTML] Ebola virus infection associated with transmission from survivors

S Den Boon, BJ Marston, TG Nyenswah… - Emerging Infectious …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ebola virus (EBOV) can persist in immunologically protected body sites in survivors of Ebola
virus disease, creating the potential to initiate new chains of transmission. From the …

[HTML][HTML] Potential impact of sexual transmission on Ebola virus epidemiology: Sierra Leone as a case study

JL Abbate, CL Murall, H Richner… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Sexual transmission of Ebola virus disease (EVD) 6 months after onset of
symptoms has been recently documented, and Ebola virus RNA has been detected in semen of …

Ebola virus RNA in the semen of male survivors of Ebola virus disease: the uncertain gravitas of a privileged persistence

I Crozier - The Journal of infectious diseases, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The 2014–2016 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa has been devastating
in scope and severity, resulting in> 11 000 deaths and leaving in its wake> 10 000 EVD …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention of sexual transmission of Ebola in Liberia through a national semen testing and counselling programme for survivors: an analysis of Ebola virus …

MJ Soka, MJ Choi, A Baller, S White… - The Lancet Global …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Ebola virus has been detected in semen of Ebola virus disease survivors after
recovery. Liberia's Men's Health Screening Program (MHSP) offers Ebola virus disease …