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Ebola -- Guinea
3 Aug 2017: Ebola RNA persists in semen longer than 2 years
[Citation. Fischer, WA II, Brown J, Wohl DA, et al. Ebola RNA persists in semen longer than 2 years. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017; doi:10.1093/ofid/ofx155;
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Among 149 men who survived Ebola virus disease (EVD) donating semen 260-1016 days after EVD onset, Ebola virus (EBOV) RNA was detected in 13 (9 percent). Of 137 men donating semen 2 years after EVD onset, 11 (8 percent) had an EBOV RNA-positive specimen.

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