Men in recovery from Ebola should wear condoms for at least

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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 121514.php

Men in recovery from Ebola should wear condoms for at least 3 months

Los Angeles, CA (November 16, 2014) A new article reports that despite a clear lack of research on male survivors of Ebola, the current recommended practice of waiting at least three months after recovery to have unprotected sex should be upheld. This study was published today in Reproductive Sciences, a SAGE journal.

"Our exercise demonstrated that the current recommendations to prevent the sexual spread of Ebola are based on one mere observation," the researchers wrote. "Despite the evident need to conduct more research, for now, health care professionals should strongly recommend sexual abstinence or condom-protected encounters for at least three months."

Drs. Walter Cardona-Maya, Paula Velilla Hernandez, and Daniel Henao studied research from 1977 to 2007 on men in the convalescent phase of the Ebola virus (i.e. symptoms were fading and they were in recovery). They found only four studies that report male survivors of Ebola who donated convalescent semen. For these men, the virus persisted in their semen for an average of 66.6 days, and in one case, it persisted for 91 days.

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[pErvinalia]

old news. You're getting slow on the doom front, Scump.

[cronus]

old news. You're getting slow on the doom front, Scump.

I'm reminding folks, yes. All bad news about Ebola is being suppressed until after the Christmas sales. I'll keep digging for what I can find though.

[Tero]

During sex! Whew. I thought I had to wear it all day for 3 months.

[cronus]

On the day wear the condom and stop complaining. You won the lottery by being there.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I don't care who "at le" is! I am not wearing a condom just because some Egyptian deity says so!

[cronus]

[JimC]

I shall wear one on my big toe, for personal reasons I do not wish to go into...