Saturday, May 2, 2015

CDC Confirms Ebola Transmission Via Sex

U.S. health officials are now recommending people avoid contact with the semen of Ebola survivors after a woman in Liberia contracted Ebola through sexual intercourse with a survivor of the disease. In a report issued on Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a review of the 44-year-old woman's case now suggests that the Ebola virus persists longer in semen that previously thought. http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/Ebola/51322?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-05-02&eun=g721819d0r&userid=721819&mu_id=5883165

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