Higher incidence of Zika in adult women than adult men in Rio de Janeiro suggests a significant contribution of sexual transmission from men to women

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 128-132

  Coelho, Flavio Codeço ^a   Durovni, Betina ^b   Saraceni, Valeria ^b   Lemos, Cristina ^b   Codeco, Claudia Torres ^c   Camargo, Sabrina ^a   de Carvalho, Luiz Max ^c,d   Bastos, Leonardo ^c   Arduini, Denise ^b   Villela, Daniel A M ^c   Armstrong, Margaret ^a,e  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^b Fiscalização Sanitária e Controle de Zoonose   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e CERNA   (France)

Author keywords

Age adjusted incidence; Dengue; Sexual transmission; Zika

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; ZIKA FEVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84991222390     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.023     Document Type: Article

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