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RE: Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (update)
Good post once again. Resteemed to help with your visibility.
I thought I read that there was a development of asymptomatic Ebola (at least for the first week or so) but I think it was just someone postulating that this might be a theoretical possibility.
It would be a bad day for us all if that ever happened.
Hey, thanks man! That’s a really big help.
Yes, it’s rare but apparently so. This is news to me, but it makes a lot of sense. This paper has asymptomatic Ebola at 2-6% of individuals that have had contact with Ebola patients.
The important question is whether it is contagious when asymptomatic (or even before symptoms are shown). The WHO are still saying it is not, that said it is thought to be present in semen for around three months after recovery although I don’t think there have been any cases of transmission through such means (i.e. sexually transmitted after recovery)