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Sexual Transmission of Ebola Virus Is Shown To Be Possible [1]

According to research conducted by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, in collaboration with the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research (LIBR), a suspected case of sexual transmission of the Ebola virus was confirmed using genomic analysis. This work, shared in the New England Journal of Medicine [2], provides molecular evidence of virus transmission between a disease survivor and his female partner. To read more about this, click here [3] to see related reportage from Science Daily.

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Steph Auteri

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Source URL: https://www.aasect.org/blog/sexual-transmission-ebola-virus-shown-be-possible

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[1] https://www.aasect.org/blog/sexual-transmission-ebola-virus-shown-be-possible
[2] http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1509773
[3] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151015132115.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
[4] https://www.aasect.org/blog-tags/quick-hits