Ebola Virus RNA in Semen from an HIV-Positive Survivor of Ebola

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Apr;23(4):714-715. doi: 10.3201/eid2304.161743. Epub 2017 Apr 15.

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.

Keywords: Ebola treatment unit; Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; HIV; HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses; Liberia; co-infection; semen; virus RNA; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ebolavirus / isolation & purification*
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / virology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Viral / chemistry
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
  • Semen / virology*
  • Time Factors
  • Viral Core Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Matrix Proteins / chemistry

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • VP40 protein, virus
  • Viral Core Proteins
  • Viral Matrix Proteins