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Prevention of sexual transmission of Ebola in Liberia through a national semen testing and counselling programme for survivors: an analysis of Ebola virus RNA results and behavioural data [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2016
Background: Ebola virus has been detected in semen of Ebola virus disease survivors after recovery. Liberia's Men's Health Screening Program (MHSP) offers Ebola virus disease survivors semen testing for Ebola virus.
Moses J Soka, MD, Dr. Mary J Choi, MD, April Baller, MRCGP, Stephen White, MSc, Emerson Rogers, BSc, Lawrence J Purpura, MD, Nuha Mahmoud, MD, Christine Wasunna, PhD, Moses Massaquoi, MD, Neetu Abad, PhD, Jomah Kollie, RN, Straker Dweh, Philip K Bemah, MD, Athalia Christie, MIA, Victor Ladele, MBBS, Oneychachi C Subah, BSc, Satish Pillai, MD, Margaret Mugisha, MPH, Jonathan Kpaka, BSc, Stephen Kowalewski, BS, Emilio German, MSHSA, Mark Stenger, MA, Stuart Nichol, PhD, Ute Ströher, PhD, Kristin E Vanderende, PhD, Shauna Mettee Zarecki, MSN, Hugh Henry W Green, MPH, Jeffrey A Bailey, MD, Pierre Rollin, MD, Barbara Marston, MD, Tolbert G Nyenswah, MPH, Alex Gasasira, MBChB, Barbara Knust, DVM, Desmond Williams, MD   +33 more
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Seroprevalence of Ebola virus infection in Bombali District, Sierra Leone [PDF]

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2017
A serosurvey of anti-Ebola Zaire virus nucleoprotein IgG prevalence was carried out among Ebola virus disease survivors and their Community Contacts in Bombali District, Sierra Leone. Our data suggest that the specie of Ebola virus (Zaire) responsible of
Nadege Goumkwa Mafopa, Gianluca Russo, Raoul Emeric Guetiya Wadoum, Emmanuel Iwerima, Vincent Batwala, Marta Giovanetti, Antonella Minutolo, Patrick Turay, Thomas B. Turay, Brima Kargbo, Massimo Amicosante, Mattei Maurizio, Carla Montesano, Ebola Study Group   +13 more
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Persistence and clearance of Ebola virus RNA from seminal fluid of Ebola virus disease survivors: a longitudinal analysis and modelling study [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2017
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
Daouda Sissoko, MD, Sophie Duraffour, PhD, Romy Kerber, PhD, Jacques Seraphin Kolie, MD, Abdoul Habib Beavogui, PhD, Alseny-Modet Camara, MD, Géraldine Colin, PharmD, Toni Rieger, PhD, Lisa Oestereich, PhD, Bernadett Pályi, MSc, Stephanie Wurr, Jeremie Guedj, PhD, Thi Huyen Tram Nguyen, PhD, Rosalind M Eggo, PhD, Conall H Watson, MFPH, W John Edmunds, PhD, Joseph Akoi Bore, MSc, Fara Raymond Koundouno, MSc, Mar Cabeza-Cabrerizo, MSc, Lisa L Carter, PhD, Liana Eleni Kafetzopoulou, MSc, Eeva Kuisma, PhD, Janine Michel, PhD, Livia Victoria Patrono, PhD, Natasha Y Rickett, MRes, Katrin Singethan, PhD, Martin Rudolf, PhD, Angelika Lander, Elisa Pallasch, Sabrina Bockholt, Estefanía Rodríguez, PhD, Antonino Di Caro, MD, Roman Wölfel, MD, Martin Gabriel, MD, Céline Gurry, Pierre Formenty, DVM, Sakoba Keïta, MD, Denis Malvy, PhD, Miles W Carroll, PhD, Xavier Anglaret, PhD, Stephan Günther, DrMD   +40 more
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Increased Likelihood of Detecting Ebola Virus RNA in Semen by Using Sample Pelleting

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
Ebola virus RNA can reside for months or years in semen of survivors of Ebola virus disease and is probably associated with increased risk for cryptic sexual transmission of the virus.
Courtney M. Bozman, Mosoka Fallah, Michael C. Sneller, Catherine Freeman, Lawrence S. Fakoli, Bode I. Shobayo, Bonnie Dighero-Kemp, Cavan S. Reilly, Jens H. Kuhn, Fatorma Bolay, Elizabeth Higgs, Lisa E. Hensley   +11 more
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Recombinant Sudan virus and evaluation of humoral cross-reactivity between Ebola and Sudan virus glycoproteins after infection or rVSV-ΔG-ZEBOV-GP vaccination

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2023
Ebola disease outbreaks are major public health events because of human-to-human transmission and high mortality. These outbreaks are most often caused by Ebola virus, but at least three related viruses can also cause the disease. In 2022, Sudan virus re-
Markus H. Kainulainen, Jessica R. Harmon, Amy N. Whitesell, Éric Bergeron, Elif Karaaslan, Caitlin M. Cossaboom, Jason H. Malenfant, Aaron Kofman, Joel M. Montgomery, Mary J. Choi, César G. Albariño, Christina F. Spiropoulou   +11 more
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Delayed Disease in Cynomolgus Macaques Exposed to Ebola Virus by an Intranasal Route

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
Ebola virus remains a significant public health concern due to high morbidity and mortality rates during recurrent outbreaks in endemic areas. Therefore, the development of countermeasures against Ebola virus remains a high priority, and requires the ...
Sara C. Johnston, Catherine L. Wilhelmsen, Joshua Shamblin, Adrienne Kimmel, Justine Zelko, Suzanne Wollen, Arthur J. Goff   +6 more
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What did we learn from preparing for cross-border transmission of Ebola virus disease into a complex humanitarian setting – The Republic of South Sudan?

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background Following the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak (2013–2016), WHO developed a preparedness checklist for its member states. This checklist is currently being applied for the first time on a large and systematic scale to prepare for
Olushayo Oluseun Olu, Richard Lako, Joseph Francis Wamala, Patrick Otim Ramadan, Caroline Ryan, Ifeanyi Udenweze, Kibebu Berta, Argata Guracha Guyo, Alex Sokemawu, Michael Tukuru, Henry John Gray, Alex Chimbaru   +11 more
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Development of an EBOV MiniG plus system as an advanced tool for anti-Ebola virus drug screening

Heliyon, 2023
The incidence of zoonotic diseases, such as coronavirus disease 2019 and Ebola virus disease, is increasing worldwide. However, drug and vaccine development for zoonotic diseases has been hampered because the experiments involving live viruses are ...
Chi-Ju Hsu, Cheng-Hsiu Chen, Wen-Ting Chen, Ping-Cheng Liu, Tein-Yao Chang, Meng-He Lin, Cheng-Cheung Chen, Hsing-Yu Chen, Chih-Heng Huang, Yun-Hsiang Cheng, Jun-Ren Sun   +10 more
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Predicting the extinction of Ebola spreading in Liberia due to mitigation strategies [PDF]

, 2015
The Ebola virus is spreading throughout West Africa and is causing thousands of deaths. In order to quantify the effectiveness of different strategies for controlling the spread, we develop a mathematical model in which the propagation of the Ebola virus
Braunstein, L. A., Rêgo, H. H. A., Stanley, H. E., Valdez, L. D.   +3 more
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Virus specific antibody - based remedies for the urgent prevention and treatment of Ebola virus disease [PDF]

Терапевтический архив, 2019
The Ebola virus (member of Ebolavirus genus Filoviridae family) is the etiologic agent of extremely hazard human disease with high mortality rates (up to 90%). The most important components of spectrum of therapeutics for special prophylactic and current
T E Sizikova, V N Lebedev, S V Borisevich   +2 more
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