Archive for May 1, 2015
Possible Sexual Transmission of Ebola Virus — Liberia, 2015
MMWR May 1, 2015 V.64 P.1-3 Early Release
Athalia Christie, MIA, Gloria J. Davies-Wayne, MPH, Thierry Cordier-Lasalle, DESS, et al.
1CDC; 2World Health Organization; 3Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia; 4US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; 5National Institutes of Health; 6Médecins Sans Frontières, 7Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research
Corresponding author: Athalia Christie, akc9@cdc.gov
On March 20, 2015, 30 days after the most recent confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola) patient in Liberia was isolated, Ebola was laboratory confirmed in a woman in Monrovia. The investigation identified only one epidemiologic link to the patient’s Ebola: unprotected vaginal intercourse with an Ebola survivor….
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm64e0501.pdf
