Sexual transmission of Zika Virus and persistence in Semen, New Zealand, 2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1855-1857

  Harrower, Jay ^a   Kiedrzynski, Tomasz ^b   Baker, Simon ^a   Upton, Arlo ^c   Rahnama, Fahimeh ^d   Sherwood, Jill ^e   Sue Huang, Q ^e   Todd, Angela ^e   Pulford, David ^f  

^a Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^c Labtests and Northland Pathology Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^e INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; NEW ZEALAND; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SORE THROAT; SPERM; URINALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SEMEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84983480128     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2210.160951     Document Type: Letter

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