Ebola virus persistence in semen ex vivo

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 289-291

  Fischer, Robert J ^a   Judson, Seth ^a   Miazgowicz, Kerri ^a   Bushmaker, Trent ^a   Munster, Vincent J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CONDOM USE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; ID50 (INFECTIOUS); MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS SPIKE; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS VIABILITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; GENETICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MICROBIOLOGY; SPERM; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN;

EID: 84955092798     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2202.151278     Document Type: Article

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