Implementation of a study to examine the persistence of Ebola virus in the body fluids of Ebola virus disease survivors in Sierra Leone: Methodology and lessons learned.

<h4>Background</h4>The 2013-2016 West African Ebola virus disease epidemic was unprecedented in terms of the number of cases and survivors. Prior to this epidemic there was limited data available on the persistence of Ebola virus in survivors' body fluids and the potential risk of t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors:	Gibrilla Fadlu Deen, Suzanna L R McDonald, Jaclyn E Marrinan, Foday R Sesay, Elizabeth Ervin, Anna E Thorson, Wenbo Xu, Ute Ströher, Patricia Ongpin, Neetu Abad, Archchun Ariyarajah, Tasneem Malik, Hongtu Liu, Christine Ross, Kara N Durski, Philippe Gaillard, Oliver Morgan, Pierre Formenty, Barbara Knust, Nathalie Broutet, Foday Sahr, Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-09-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005723&type=printable