Male-to-male sexual transmission of Zika virus — Texas, January 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 372-374

  Trew Deckard, D ^a   Chung, Wendy M ^b   Brooks, John T ^c   Smith, Jessica C ^b   Woldai, Senait ^b   Hennessey, Morgan ^d,e   Kwit, Natalie ^d,e   Mead, Paul ^d  

^a Medical office of Steven M Pounders   (United States)

^b Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXAS; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; VENEZUELA; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXAS; TRAVEL; VENEZUELA; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84963725349     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6514a3     Document Type: Article

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