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Extraordinary long-term and fluctuating persistence of Ebola virus RNA in semen of survivors in Guinea: implications for public health

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 23; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cmi.2016.11.005

1469-0691

Alpha Kabinet Keïta, Abdoulaye Touré, Mamadou Sow, Hervé Raoul, N’F. Magassouba, Éric Delaporte, Jean-François Étard, Laurent Abel, Ahidjo Ayouba, Sylvain Baize, K. Bangoura, A BARRY, M. Barry, Mohamed Cissé, Éric Delaporte, Christelle Delmas, Alice Desclaux, S. Diallo, Mamadou Diallo, Mamadou Diallo, Jean-François Étard, C Etienne, Ousmane Faye, Ismaël Fofana, Bruno Granouillac, Edward Hébert, Suzanne Izard, D. Kassé, Alpha Kabinet Keïta, Lamine Koivugui, Cécé Kpamou, Christine Lacarabaratz, Sylvie Leroy, Claude Marchal, Yves Lévy, N’F. Magassouba, Laura March, Philippe Msellati, Harissatou Niane, Martine Peeters, Yves‐Marie Pers, Hervé Raoul, Sory Sacko, Issiaka Savané, Mamadou Sow, Bernard Taverne, Abdoulaye Touré, F Traoré,

Global Security and Public Health

The 2013–2016 West African Ebola virus outbreak, with 28 616 cases and 11 310 deaths reported as of 11 May 2016, has been of international public health concern [1]. Seventy-nine days after the 29 December 2015 declaration that Guinea was free of Ebola, a cluster of new infections, probably linked to sexual transmission from a survivor, has occurred. This has raised questions about the long-term persistence of Ebola virus in semen and how long surveillance of survivors should be maintained. A few studies on survivors have been reported with variable durations of viral persistence in semen [2–5].