We know Ebola can linger for many months after visible symptoms have cleared ... But this is frankly staggering. Jonathan Ball More Quotes by Jonathan Ball More Quotes From Jonathan Ball The importance of getting our children immunized cannot be overstated. Jonathan Ball health-news The fact that only one of 50 contacts of the initial monkeypox-infected patient has been infected shows how poorly infectious the virus is, it is wrong to think that we are on the brink of a nationwide outbreak. Jonathan Ball health This confirms that Ebola virus can persist in the genital tract for a considerable length of time, months after the virus has disappeared from the blood, and worryingly shows that this long-lived reservoir is a potential source of new infections. Jonathan Ball healthcare We would need to see all of the genetic data to get a feel for how related the human and pangolin viruses are, and also gain an understanding of how prevalent this virus is in pangolins and whether or not these were being sold in the Wuhan wet markets. Jonathan Ball