Statistical methodologies for evaluation of the rate of persistence of Ebola virus in semen of male survivors in Sierra Leone

• Ndema Habib ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: habibn@who.int

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research, Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4882-1687

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• Michael D. Hughes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Nathalie Broutet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research, Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Anna Thorson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research, Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Philippe Gaillard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research, Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Sihem Landoulsi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research, Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Suzanne L. R. McDonald,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research, Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-2812

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• Pierre Formenty,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Emergency Interventions, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• on behalf of Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group

  ¶Membership of the Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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