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

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

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. We present preliminary results and behavioural outcomes from the first nat...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X16301759

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