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WASHINGTON Jurickson Profar Jersey , May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Ebola virus can persist within the eyeballs for months after a patient recovers from the potentially deadly disease, researchers have found.


A report released this week by the U.S. journal New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) described a case in which Ebola was present in the eye's aqueous humor -- the clear fluid in the front of the eye, between the lens and the cornea -- 10 weeks after the virus was cleared from the patient's blood.


Despite the presence of Ebola in the eye, the researcher were quick to note that samples from the patient's tears and conjunctiva, the surface of the eye and eyelids Shin-Soo Choo Jersey , tested negative for the virus, indicating that casual contact with Ebola survivors carries no risk.


The patient, identified by U.S. media as 43-year-old Ian Crozier, was diagnosed with Ebola in September, while working in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone as a doctor for the World Health Organization.


He was then transported to the United States and treated at Emory University Hospital's Serious Communicable Disease Unit for 40 days Joey Gallo Jersey , including 12 days of mechanical ventilation and 24 days of renal replacement therapy.


After his blood and urine tested negative for the virus, Crozier was discharged home. A semen sample obtained on the day of discharge, however, tested positive, so he was advised to abstain from sex or to use condoms for at least three months Delino DeShields Jr. Jersey , according to the NEJM report.


Shortly after discharge, Crozier found he had new symptoms, including low back pain. Two months later, he returned to the same hospital with an inflammation called uveitis and increased pressure in his left eye. The resulting swelling led to reduced vision, and surprisingly Russell Wilson Jersey , the eye's color changed from blue to green.


So, his doctors stuck a needle in his eye and obtained an aqueous humor sample, which tested positive for the Ebola