title: Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Male Survivors.
abstract: We investigated the duration of Ebola virus (EBOV) RNA and infectious EBOV in semen specimens of 5 Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors. EBOV RNA and infectious EBOV was detected by real-time RT-PCR and virus culture out to 290 days and 70 days, respectively, after EVD onset.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Uyeki
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Bobbie Rae
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Shelley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.|Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Anita K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: McElroy
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Aridth
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sealy
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Markus H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kainulainen
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Amy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Schuh
authors.affiliation: Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Colleen S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kraft
authors.affiliation: Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Aneesh K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: G Marshall
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lyon
authors.affiliation: Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Jay B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Varkey
authors.affiliation: Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Bruce S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ribner
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
authors.forename: Richard T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Ellison
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, NYU School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York.
authors.forename: Ellie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carmody
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence.
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Nau
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spiropoulou
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Stuart T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nichol
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ströher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000821:virology*; D017741:Survivors
keywords: Ebola virus; semen; sexual transmission