Is Ebola a sexually transmitted disease? Implication of Ebola RNA persistence in the semen

J Infect Public Health. 2018 Mar-Apr;11(2):299. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.07.015. Epub 2017 Jul 27.

Authors

Wan A W Sulaiman¹, Liyana N I Mat², Fan K Hoo², Mohd H Mohamed², Sazlyna M S Lim²

Affiliations

¹ Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Electronic address: wanaliaa@upm.edu.my.
² Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.

PMID: 28757292
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.07.015

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Disease Transmission, Infectious*
Ebolavirus / isolation & purification*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / transmission*
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
Semen / virology*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / transmission*
Time Factors

Substances

RNA, Viral