Older age and lower illness severity are associated with a higher risk for persistent Ebola virus in semen, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
“During and following the 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, we saw that some male survivors … could have persistent Ebola virus in their semen up to a year or more following their recovery from acute illness,” Aaron Kofman, MD, a medical officer in the CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, told Healio.
According to the study, most men clear Ebola virus from their semen within a