An autochthonous case of zika due to possible sexual transmission, Florence, Italy, 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1-4

  Venturi, G ^a   Zammarchi, L ^b,c   Fortuna, C ^a   Remoli, M E ^a   Benedetti, E ^a   Fiorentini, C ^a   Trotta, M ^c   Rizzo, C ^a   Mantella, A ^b   Rezza, G ^a   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SOD Malattie Infettive e Tropicali   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNE ADHERENCE; ITALY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; BLOOD; COITUS; DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREGNANCY; RASH; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

ADULT; COITUS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RNA, VIRAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS; THAILAND; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84983002501     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.8.30148     Document Type: Article

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