Zika virus in saliva—New challenges for prevention of human to human transmission

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue , 2016, Pages e20-e21

  Liuzzi, Giuseppina ^a   Nicastri, Emanuele ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^b,c   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Saliva; Sexual transmission; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; ORAL SEX; PREGNANT WOMAN; SALIVA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SALIVA; SEMEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84966460043     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.04.022     Document Type: Letter

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