Sexual transmission of Zika virus in an entirely asymptomatic couple returning from a Zika epidemic area, France, April 2016

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2016, Pages

  Freour T ^a   Mirallie S ^a   Hubert, B ^b   Splingart, C ^a   Barriere P ^a   Maquart, M ^c   Leparc Goffart, Isabelle ^c  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SANTÉ PUBLIQUE FRANCE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; URINALYSIS; VIRAL CLEARANCE; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; FRANCE; MARTINIQUE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MARTINIQUE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85015351727     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.23.30254     Document Type: Article

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