A female Ebola survivor infected her family more than a year after she had the illness
A case study in how viruses are sneakier than we sometimes think.
By Neel V. Patel July 24, 2018
While male survivors have been responsible for similar reappearances of Ebola in the past, a new case study marks the first instance of a woman transmitting the virus months later.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
A 33-year-old woman in Liberia harbored the Ebola virus for more than a year before transmitting the infection to family members, according to a new case study published in The Lancet on Monday. It’s the first evidence scientists have that the Ebola virus can be transmitted by a female survivor of infection, opening up a wide range of ramifications that could impact treatment measures, public health policy, and the push to dispel stigma that surrounds survivors of epidemics that have sprung up throughout Africa in recent years.
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