Ebola virus as a sexually transmitted infection

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-85

  Rogstad, Karen E ^a   Tunbridge, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

condoms; Ebola; Ebola virus disease; Marburg virus; semen; sexually transmitted infection; travel; viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CONDOM USE; DISEASE COURSE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; RECTUM; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERM; VAGINA; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINA;

EID: 84920934453     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000135     Document Type: Review

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