Publication Date:
2017
abstract:
Zika virus (ZIKV) can be sexually transmitted and replicative particles were first detected in a semen sample from a patient during the 2013-14 French Polynesia outbreak. Here we describe the virus isolation from semen of a patient returning to Italy from Brazil.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Semen; Viral isolation; Zika virus; Animals; Brazil; Cercopithecus aethiops; Humans; Italy; Male; RNA, Viral; Semen; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Travel; Vero Cells; Viral Load; Zika Virus; Zika Virus Infection
List of contributors:
Percivalle, Elena; Zavattoni, Maurizio; Baldanti, Fausto; Rovida, Francesca
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