Persistence and clearance of Ebola virus RNA from seminal fluid of Ebola virus disease survivors: a longitudinal analysis and modelling study

• Main Authors: Daouda Sissoko, MD (Author), Sophie Duraffour, PhD (Author), Romy Kerber, PhD (Author), Jacques Seraphin Kolie, MD (Author), Abdoul Habib Beavogui, PhD (Author), Alseny-Modet Camara, MD (Author), Géraldine Colin, PharmD (Author), Toni Rieger, PhD (Author), Lisa Oestereich, PhD (Author), Bernadett Pályi, MSc (Author), Stephanie Wurr (Author), Jeremie Guedj, PhD (Author), Thi Huyen Tram Nguyen, PhD (Author), Rosalind M Eggo, PhD (Author), Conall H Watson, MFPH (Author), W John Edmunds, PhD (Author), Joseph Akoi Bore, MSc (Author), Fara Raymond Koundouno, MSc (Author), Mar Cabeza-Cabrerizo, MSc (Author), Lisa L Carter, PhD (Author), Liana Eleni Kafetzopoulou, MSc (Author), Eeva Kuisma, PhD (Author), Janine Michel, PhD (Author), Livia Victoria Patrono, PhD (Author), Natasha Y Rickett, MRes (Author), Katrin Singethan, PhD (Author), Martin Rudolf, PhD (Author), Angelika Lander (Author), Elisa Pallasch (Author), Sabrina Bockholt (Author), Estefanía Rodríguez, PhD (Author), Antonino Di Caro, MD (Author), Roman Wölfel, MD (Author), Martin Gabriel, MD (Author), Céline Gurry (Author), Pierre Formenty, DVM (Author), Sakoba Keïta, MD (Author), Denis Malvy, PhD (Author), Miles W Carroll, PhD (Author), Xavier Anglaret, PhD (Author), Stephan Günther, DrMD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: By January, 2016, all known transmission chains of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in west Africa had been stopped. However, there is concern about persistence of Ebola virus in the reproductive tract of men who have survived EVD. We aimed to use biostatistical modelling...