Postmortem Stability of Ebola Virus

The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has highlighted questions regarding stability of the virus and detection of RNA from corpses. We used Ebola virus–infected macaques to model humans who died of Ebola virus disease. Viable virus was isolated <7 days posteuthanasia; viral RNA was dete...

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Autores principales: Prescott, Joseph, Bushmaker, Trenton, Fischer, Robert, Miazgowicz, Kerri, Judson, Seth, Munster, Vincent J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25897646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2105.150041
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Sumario:The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has highlighted questions regarding stability of the virus and detection of RNA from corpses. We used Ebola virus–infected macaques to model humans who died of Ebola virus disease. Viable virus was isolated <7 days posteuthanasia; viral RNA was detectable for 10 weeks.

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