(Times of India) Transmission of the deadly Ebola virus from deceased individuals may be possible for an extended period of time following death, a new study has claimed.
To determine how long Ebola virus could remain infectious in a body after death, scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US sampled deceased Ebola-infected monkeys and discovered the virus remained viable for at least seven days.
They also detected non-infectious viral RNA for up to 70 days post-mortem.
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