The expert warned about the detection of the Ebola virus in a patient six months later

The Ebola virus can persist in the body and be detected in the patient for about six months after recovery. This was announced on July 6 by Gennady Onishchenko, an epidemiologist and Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

"What is the danger of Ebola? It is dangerous because after a person gets sick and survives, he will secrete the Ebola virus for another six months," he said in an interview with TASS.

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Will drugs and a Russian vaccine that have not yet been approved by WHO be able to save doctors from a dangerous fever

The Guardian newspaper reported on June 6 that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims that the Ebola virus may be on a "dangerous trajectory" and risks matching the record outbreak of 2014. According to forecasts, the number of cases of the disease may grow to 20 thousand.

The newspaper Le Parisien reported on June 24 that the first case of Ebola infection was detected in France, which was registered directly on the territory of the country.