Presence and persistence of zika virus RNA in semen, United Kingdom, 2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 611-615

  Atkinson, Barry ^a   Thorburn, Fiona ^a,b   Petridou, Christina ^a,c   Bailey, Daniel ^a   Hewson, Roger ^a   Simpson, Andrew J H ^a   Brooks, Timothy J G ^a   Aarons, Emma J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b West of Scotland Specialist Virology Laboratory Gartnavel   (United Kingdom)

^c BASINGSTOKE AND NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLE THRESHOLD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SPERM; TRANSMISSION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; UNITED KINGDOM; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85015737005     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.161692     Document Type: Article

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