TY - JOUR AU - Prescott, Joseph AU - Bushmaker, Trenton AU - Fischer, Robert AU - Miazgowicz, Kerri AU - Judson, Seth AU - Munster, Vincent T1 - Postmortem Stability of Ebola Virus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 5 SP - 856 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Ebola virus KW - viruses KW - outbreak KW - transmission KW - Ebola hemorrhagic fever KW - Ebola virus disease KW - postmortem stability KW - cynomolgus macaques KW - West Africa DO - 10.3201/eid2105.150041 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/5/15-0041_article ER - End of Reference