Ebola survivor infected years ago may have started new outbreak in Guinea, claim researchers

msn.com ^ | 3/12/21 | Denise Grady

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An Ebola outbreak now occurring in Guinea was almost certainly started by someone who survived West Africa’s historic 2014-16 epidemic,
harbored the virus for at least five years and then transmitted it via semen to a sex partner, researchers reported on Friday.
The current outbreak in Guinea was first recognized in January and has infected at least 18 people and killed nine."
(Emphasis Mine)

"West Africa’s previous epidemic infected more than 28,000 people, killed more than 11,000 and left thousands of survivors,
some of whom were already being shunned because of fears about the disease. "

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Effective vaccines are available, one made by Merck and another by Johnson & Johnson,
but so far they have generally been used only in response to outbreaks.
People recover from Ebola when their immune systems wipe out the virus.
But certain parts of the body, including the eye, the central nervous system and the testes are so-called privileged sites, beyond the reach of the immune system.
The virus can sometimes hide in those spots. But no one knew it could hide out for so long.

[Covenantor]

Would have posted but for very slow connection...
;>)

[dfwgator]

And the hits just keep coming!

[Covenantor]

ping for bring outbyour dead list

[Diogenesis]

another reason to keep the border open,
and not check anything while Quartering to every State [/s]

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Ebola Ping - Guinea, Africa - (long term transmission/ reinfection)

More information at the news site.

H/T : Covenantor

[Grampa Dave]

"harbored the virus for at least five years and then transmitted it via semen to a sex partner!"

So can the ChiCom/WooHoo flu aka Covid 19 be transmitted or spread the same way?

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Infectious Disease Ping - Ebola, Africa - viral infection reoccurs, and is transmitted 5 years later (!)

Gene sequencing verifies that exposure of 2014- 2016 Ebola outbreak, continues to reinfect and transmit to a partner.
News site (msn.com) has more information in the original posting

[Rurudyne]

If so those people will be ****ed.

[Covenantor]

Think that American nurse that broke quarantine for a taste of pizza might be having second thoughts...or her ‘partners’?
;>)

[SgtHooper]

The experimental shots do not prevent you from getting a specific COVID strain again at a later time.

[PGR88]

Waiting for Biden to bring them all to the USA as medical refugees.

[mewzilla]

Explain persistence in semen has been known about for a while, a few years anyway.

The question is whether or not what’s present in the semen in the man who had it years ago is capable of infecting anyone today.

FWIW, I highly doubt it. But it makes for some dandy fear porn.

[mewzilla]

Bloody spell check...

Ebola persistence...

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Grampa Dave :" So can the ChiCom/WooHoo flu aka Covid 19 be transmitted or spread the same way? "

That brings up an interesting question since the ebola virus was only known to continue to exist in a 'cyst like' state for up to 500 days.
This outbreak was only recently discovered and identified as a re-infection of the original 2014- 2016 exposure just days ago.
This information is new, and may result in re-evaluation of other previous ebola viral outbreaks,
..or even re-consideration of other viri.
This is a significant scientific anomaly !

[null and void]

Send Ebola Nurse Kaci Hickox! She needs another chance to break quarantine when she gets back, and achieve her goal!

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

The false positive rate was 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Free everyone else.

[BipolarBob]

"harbored the virus for at least five years and then transmitted it via semen to a sex partner!"

They should have been wearing masks.

/s

[null and void]

"harbored the virus for at least five years and then transmitted it via semen to a sex partner!"

So can the ChiCom/WooHoo flu aka Covid 19 be transmitted or spread the same way?

Alex Chilton - No Sex

[Amberdawn]

Thank you for the explanation.

[Keyhopper]

I thought once you had ebola you were immune from catching it again.