title: Postmortem stability of Ebola virus.
abstract: The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has highlighted questions regarding stability of the virus and detection of RNA from corpses. We used Ebola virus-infected macaques to model humans who died of Ebola virus disease. Viable virus was isolated <7 days posteuthanasia; viral RNA was detectable for 10 weeks.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prescott
authors.forename: Trenton
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bushmaker
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Kerri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miazgowicz
authors.forename: Seth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Judson
authors.forename: Vincent J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Munster
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy; D002460:Cell Line; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology*; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D050296:Microbial Viability; D012367:RNA, Viral; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Ebola hemorrhagic fever; Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; West Africa; cynomolgus macaques; outbreak; postmortem stability; transmission; viruses