Sexual transmission of Zika virus in Germany, April 2016

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2016, Pages

  Frank, C ^a   Cadar, D ^b   Schlaphof, A ^b   Neddersen, N ^b   Gunther S ^b   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^b,c   Tappe, D ^b,c  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Hamburg Lübeck Borstel Riems partner site   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY; VIRUS LOAD; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; GERMANY; PUERTO RICO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRAVEL; UNSAFE SEX; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PUERTO RICO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRAVEL; UNSAFE SEX; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85015354743     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.23.30252     Document Type: Article

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