In that study, a woman in Liberia contracted the deadly Ebola virus after having sexual intercourse with a male survivor of the disease who had been declared Ebola “negative” in early October 2014.
The study said that the main mode of transmission for the Ebola virus is “direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person with Ebola virus disease (EVD) or from the body of a person who died from EVD. However, [the] Ebola virus can persist in the body fluids of survivors during convalescence, which may result in transmission of the virus. The potential for the persistence of Ebola virus in the semen of male survivors raises concern regarding the possible transmission of the virus to sexual partners.”
Previous research had indicated that the Ebola virus was present in the infected semen of survivors for “only” 82 days, but in the test case in question, the period has been extended to 199 days after the onset of his symptoms.
Is this really true or just racism?