Long-Lasting Persistence of Zika Virus in Semen

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1264-

  Matheron, Sophie ^a,b,c   D'Ortenzio, Eric ^b   Leparc Goffart, Isabelle ^d   Hubert, Bruno ^e   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^f   Yazdanpanah, Yazdan ^a,b,c  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

^e SANTÉ PUBLIQUE FRANCE   (France)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS; BODY FLUID; ZIKA FEVER;

BODY FLUIDS; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84994509046     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw509     Document Type: Letter

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