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Ebola virus disease
Ethical issues in isolating people treated for Ebola
BMJ 2015; 350 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h140 (Published 14 January 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;350:h140
- Mahesh Devnani, assistant professor1,
- Yan Guo, associate professor2
- 1Department of Hospital Administration, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
- 2Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- devnaniji{at}gmail.com
In India a symptom-free man returning from Liberia after being treated for Ebola virus disease (EVD) was recently put into isolation because his semen was still positive for the virus.1 2 Even though blood, saliva, and urine samples gave negative results, he will remain in isolation until his semen also tests negative, which could take …
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