WHO advises male Ebola survivors to abstain from sex

A volunteer wearing a protective suit walks in a 'high risk' zone during Red Cross Ebola training excercise in WuerzburgLONDON (Reuters) – Men who recover from Ebola should abstain from sex for three months to minimize the risk of passing the virus on in their semen, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Ebola, a disease that has infected and killing thousands in a vast epidemic in West Africa, normally spreads via bodily fluids such as blood, saliva and faeces. Although sexual transmission of Ebola virus disease has never been documented, the virus has been detected in the survivors' semen. …

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