Nigeria: Ebola - CDC Recommends Non-Contact With Male Survivors' Semen

Contrary to the earlier three months period given by the World Health organisation, WHO, for Ebola survivors to abstain from unprotected sex, further investigations by United States' Centre for Disease Control, CDC, has shown that survivors may have to wait for a longer period.

The CDC report recommended that contact with semen from male Ebola survivors be avoided until more information regarding the duration and infectiousness of viral shedding in body fluids is determined.

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