Contents:
- Medical Video: Semen Can Carry A Variety Of Viruses
- Male semen still contains the Ebola virus even though it has recovered 565 days
- Condom sex can
- Awareness to use condoms with or without Ebola
Medical Video: Semen Can Carry A Variety Of Viruses
At first, scientists thought that the Ebola virus only survived in semen man for several months after he recovered. However, a new study was published in Lancet Global Health has revealed a surprising fact, that the deadly virus can actually survive in semen much longer than previously thought.
Male semen still contains the Ebola virus even though it has recovered 565 days
This study examined semen samples from 466 survivor Ebola who participates in Liberia’s Men’s Health Screening Program. As much 38 of these samples tested positive for the Ebola virus at least one year after the man recovered from his illness. According to one report, most donors are men over the age of 40.
Surprisingly, there was one patient who had fully recovered for 565 days, but the semen still contained the virus. Prior to this discovery, the majority of evidence supported that this virus could be found in the semen of former sufferers for 3 months after his recovery. But now, it is well known that this virus lasts even longer than a year.
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The CDC believes that the Ebola incident in March 2015 was actually a result of sexual contact. This presumption is in line withclaims from many other health institutions.
A Liberian woman died of Ebola, even though her country has been proven clean of this disease. The only possibility he could be exposed to the Ebola virus was through unprotected sex he did with a man who had suffered Ebola, whose semen was tested positive for the virus after the incident.
The man apparently has recovered and lives healthy for 199 days. Although the CDC cannot be sure whether the virus in a positive sample can transmit this disease or not, they still strongly recommend it all men who have had Ebola to always use condoms during sex.
Awareness to use condoms with or without Ebola
In addition to scientific breakthroughs, other contributions from this new study are in the form of safe sex education. 75% men who had recovered from Ebola who took this study did not use a previous condom but decided to have sex with safety after knowing the risk. Public awareness is very important in preventing Ebola from becoming an epidemic again.
For now, it is clear that there are many lives that can be saved simply by expanding people's awareness of the importance of safe sex.
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