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What first case of sexually transmitted Ebola means for public health
Nature ^
| 10/16/15
| Declan Butler
Posted on 10/22/2015 6:35:11 PM PDT by markomalley
It has long been known that the Ebola virus can remain in semen for months after patients have recovered from the disease. But two studies published on 14 October in the New England Journal of Medicine1, 2 have raised concerns that sexual transmission of the virus might cause flare-ups of Ebola in West Africa after the region has been declared Ebola-free. Nature explains the implications of the findings.
What did the studies show?
One study1 recruited 93 men who had survived Ebola in Sierra Leone; they were examined between two and nine months after they first showed symptoms of the disease. Half had Ebola viral RNA in their semen. That was not a complete surprise because traces of the virus are known to linger in semen for many months. Those who first showed symptoms two months ago were most likely to test positive for the RNA. But even in the 43 people who first showed symptoms 79 months ago, around one-quarter still had Ebola RNA present in their semen.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebola
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The 21st century version of AIDS?
To: markomalley
One more thing my personality makes me immune to.
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posted on
10/22/2015 6:36:55 PM PDT
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PLMerite
(The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: Nachum; LucyT
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posted on
10/22/2015 6:37:27 PM PDT
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markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: markomalley
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10/22/2015 6:40:15 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: markomalley
To: markomalley
Separating the wheat from the chaff?
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posted on
10/22/2015 6:42:49 PM PDT
by
Augie
To: markomalley
Another strong case for securing our borders.
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posted on
10/22/2015 6:42:55 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: markomalley
Woman who “carried” the disease in Canada has succumbed to it again. So much for the legend that once you get it you are immune.
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10/22/2015 6:44:36 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Will Hillary's testimony on Benghazi be under oath? Baseball players were tried for perjury.)
To: wjcsux
Naw, we were told that the fears of ebola in America were overblown.
HETEROSEXUAL AIDS is the real thing we need to be watching for. < /sarc >
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10/22/2015 6:45:34 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Will Hillary's testimony on Benghazi be under oath? Baseball players were tried for perjury.)
To: Black Agnes
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10/22/2015 6:48:28 PM PDT
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khelus
To: markomalley; Old Sarge; null and void; Velveeta; Myrddin; Califreak; Salvation; WildHighlander57; ..
What first case of sexually transmitted Ebola means for public health
Check out article.
Thanks, markomalley. Interesting.
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posted on
10/22/2015 6:49:13 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: markomalley
What ever you do don't tell anyone, like the liberal socialist did when ever a sodomite was transmitting AIDs all over the world! No one could ask them about their partners, or life styles, it was all to be kept a big secret allowing AIDs to spread like wildfire.
We can only think about he damage allowing Ebola to spread around this country since Obama and his ilk imported illegal immigrants with Ebola into this country.
God help us all!
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posted on
10/22/2015 6:50:22 PM PDT
by
paratrooper82
(82nd ABN DIV. 1/508th BN Alfa Team Leader 2nd civil war is coming to the USA)
To: khelus
I did say this a year ago...
I was ridiculed by a particular poster.
I didn’t want to be right though.
To: markomalley
So we don't know as much as we said we know. This is my shocked face😐
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10/22/2015 6:54:41 PM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: markomalley
I was thinking something similar.
So dying of every other disease on the planet wasn’t enough to make you keep your pants on?
Will fear of Ebola finally kill the rampant prostitution and rape culture there?
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posted on
10/22/2015 7:05:25 PM PDT
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tbw2
To: tbw2
Will fear of Ebola finally kill the rampant prostitution and rape culture there? I doubt it. If it is passed thru semen and not vaginal fluids the average rapist is certainly not going to be concerned.
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posted on
10/22/2015 7:52:08 PM PDT
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To Hell With Poverty
(All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
To: Black Agnes
I was ridiculed by a particular poster.I never ridiculed you . . . about this issue.
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posted on
10/22/2015 7:55:04 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(No more Bushes. W killed the brand.)
To: markomalley
I read the article and the subject of sailors kept coming up.
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10/22/2015 7:56:27 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(No more Bushes. W killed the brand.)
To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
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10/22/2015 8:55:34 PM PDT
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Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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