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
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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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author Prescott, Joseph
Bushmaker, Trenton
Fischer, Robert
Miazgowicz, Kerri
Judson, Seth
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description 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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spelling pubmed-44122512015-05-08 Postmortem Stability of Ebola Virus Prescott, Joseph Bushmaker, Trenton Fischer, Robert Miazgowicz, Kerri Judson, Seth Munster, Vincent J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4412251/ /pubmed/25897646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2105.150041 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Postmortem Stability of Ebola Virus
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