Publication Date:
2018
abstract:
We describe two cases of Zika virus infection involving an Italian patient returning from the Dominican Republic and his wife, who remained in Italy and had not travelled to Zika virus endemic areas in the previous months. The infection was transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse after the man's return to Italy.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Non-vector-borne transmission; Sexual transmission; Zika virus; Antibodies, Viral; Female; Humans; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Zika Virus; Zika Virus Infection
List of contributors:
Grossi, Paolo Antonio; Percivalle, Elena; Campanini, Giulia; Sarasini, Antonella; Premoli, Marta; Zavattoni, Maurizio; Girello, Alessia; Dalla Gasperina, Daniela; Balsamo, Maria Luisa; Baldanti, Fausto; Rovida, Francesca
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