Ebola virus in the semen of convalescent men

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-150

  Mackay, Ian M ^a   Arden, Katherine E ^a  

^a Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY FLUID; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASES; EBOLA VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SURVIVOR; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SPERM; TIME; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; CONVALESCENCE; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921063488     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71033-3     Document Type: Letter

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