This is a comment from the Site Admin over at PFIF. It raises very serious questions as to what is going on in Africa.
Key question: Is the virus constantly replicating in survivors? If so, the virus should change significantly over a year. If the virus is “frozen in time”, then that suggests that this strain of Ebola can go into a latent state and reactivate such that men can infect others through sex although they themselves do not appear ill OR that the virus was literally frozen and then released. The second possibility is just as obvious as the first and should be considered until there is sufficient data to decide between the two explanations.
The significance of this story is understated and, apparently, unappreciated.
The last post from PFIF today, Freetown, Sierra Leone continues to have fresh, uncontained by public health measures, Ebola infections.
And there is still no successful vaccine in site.
Ebola cases rise in Sierra Leone capital
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33528996
Health officials in Sierra Leone have warned that new cases of Ebola are continuing to emerge, more than year after the major outbreak was first declared.
Despite a decline in cases in recent months, there has been a sudden rise in new infections in the capital Freetown.
Almost 4,000 people have died from Ebola in Sierra Leone since the epidemic broke out in December 2013, making it one of the worst hit countries worst along with Guinea and Liberia.
Experts warn that fear, fatigue and denial are allowing the virus to spread.