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SUBMITTER: Pettitt J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4799661 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pettitt James J Higgs Elizabeth S ES Adams Rick D RD Jahrling Peter B PB Hensley Lisa E LE
The Journal of infectious diseases 20150915 8
Sexual transmission of Ebola virus in Liberia has now been documented and associated with new clusters in regions previously declared Ebola free. Assays that have Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) and are routinely used to detect Ebola virus RNA in whole blood and plasma specimens at the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research were tested for their suitability in detecting the presence of Ebola virus RNA in semen. Qiagen AVL extraction protocols, as well as the Ebola Zaire Target 1 and major ...[more]