Determining the effect of different environmental conditions on Ebola virus viability in clinically relevant specimens

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Infectivity of Ebola virus during short-term storage in different clinical specimens.

a EDTA-whole blood, b plasma, c simulated capillary blood, d urine, e semen and f RPMI-cell culture media (control) at different temperatures. The data points represent the mean values calculated from the average log10 FFU/mL reduction in each of the volunteers (error bars show SD values). Each sample was titrated in triplicate

Fig. 2 Results of the clustering algorithm for visual comparison of Ebola virus infectivity at different storage temperatures.

a 37 °C, b 23 °C and c 4 °C. Data points are classified by color in the figures for different storage temperatures (as indicated). Different types of specimens are represented by different marker shapes (as indicated), and the four donors are indicated by letters