Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/

Dispatch
Postmortem Stability of Ebola Virus
Joseph Prescott, Trenton Bushmaker, Robert Fischer, Kerri Miazgowicz, Seth Judson, and Vincent J. Munster
Author affiliations: National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA
Abstract
The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has highlighted questions regarding stability of the virus and detection of RNA from corpses. We used Ebola virus–infected macaques to model humans who died of Ebola virus disease. Viable virus was isolated 7 days posteuthanasia; viral RNA was detectable for 10 weeks

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Research
Evaluation of the Benefits and Risks of Introducing Ebola Community Care Centers, Sierra Leone PDF Version [PDF – 509 KB – 7 pages]
A. J. Kucharski et al.
These centers could lead to a decline in cases, even if virus containment is imperfect.

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Dispatches
Regional Spread of Ebola Virus, West Africa, 2014 PDF Version [PDF – 583 KB – 4 pages]
G. Rainisch et al.

Treatment of Ebola Virus Infection with Antibodies from Reconvalescent Donors PDF Version [PDF – 313 KB – 3 pages]
T. R. Kreil