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The authors tested clinical specimens from 26 laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola and describe how they were able to detect the virus by culture and/or reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction in 16 of 54 clinical specimens (including saliva, stool, breastmilk, tears, and nasal blood).