Persistence of Zika virus in semen 93 days after the onset of symptoms;Persistencia del virus Zika en semen 93 días tras el comienzo de los síntomas

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 21-23

  Oliveira Souto, Inés ^a   Alejo Cancho, Izaskun ^b   Gascón Brustenga, Joaquim ^a   Peiró Mestres, Aida ^b   Muñoz Gutiérrez, Jose ^a   Martínez Yoldi, Miguel J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Persistence; Semen; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTIBUTEN; CIPROFLOXACIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; PROSTATITIS; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERUM; SPERM; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; VENEZUELA; VIRUS DETECTION; WEAKNESS; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TIME FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; TIME FACTORS; VENEZUELA; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85008392737     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2016.10.009     Document Type: Article

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