• Emerging Infect. Dis. · May 2015

    Postmortem stability of Ebola virus.

    • Joseph Prescott, Trenton Bushmaker, Robert Fischer, Kerri Miazgowicz, Seth Judson, and Vincent J Munster.
    • Emerging Infect. Dis. 2015 May 1; 21 (5): 856-9.

    AbstractThe 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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