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The World Health Organisation has
issued an interim advice on the
possibility of Ebola Virus of being
sexually transmitted.
The WHO had directed all Ebola
survivors and their sexual partners
to receive counselling to guard
against possible transmission of the
disease.

This is contained in a statement
made available by WHO to
newsmen in Lagos on Saturday.
It indicated that the sexual
transmission of the Ebola Virus had
yet to be established.
WHO said, “The sexual
transmission of the Ebola Virus
from males to females is a strong
possibility, but has not yet been
proven; less probable, but
theoretically possible.
“Studies have shown that Ebola
virus can be isolated from semen
up to 82 days after symptom onset.
“A recent case investigation
identified genetic material (RNA)
from the virus by nucleic acid
amplification tests (such as RT-PCR)
199 days after symptom onset.
“This is well beyond the period of
virus detecting ability in the blood
of survivors and long after
recovery from illness.

“The detection of virus genetic
material many months after
symptom onset is assumed to
reflect the continuing, or at least
very recent, presence of live and
potentially transmissible Ebola
virus.”
More surveillance data and
research are needed on the risks of
sexual transmission and
particularly on the prevalence of
viable and transmissible virus in
semen over time, WHO said.
WHO recommends that, in the
interim, all Ebola survivors and
their sexual partners should receive
counselling.
It added that this is to ensure safe
sexual practices until their semen
has twice tested negative; and
survivors should be provided with
condoms.

“Ebola survivors and their sexual
partners should either abstain from
all types of sex or observe safe sex
through correct and consistent
condom use until their semen has
twice tested negative.

“Having tested negative, survivors
can safely resume normal sexual
practices without fear of Ebola
virus transmission,” the statement
added.
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