Shocking: Semen can transmit Ebola virus disease

 Ebola is primarily known to be transmitted through direct contact with blood and other bodily fluids from infected people. However, follow-up studies from the 2014 epidemic found that men can harbour the virus in their semen for at least two and a half years, with the potential to transmit the virus sexually during that time.

The Penn research team surmised that targeting amyloids in semen could prevent a sexually transmitted spread of the Ebola virus.

"Sexual transmission of the Ebola virus poses a significant public health concern, especially in light of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," said senior author Paul Bates.