Detection of Zika virus RNA in semen of asymptomatic blood donors

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1001.e1-1001.e3

  Musso, D ^a   Richard, V ^a   Teissier, A ^a   Stone, M ^b   Lanteri, M C ^b   Latoni, G ^c   Alsina, J ^c   Reik, R ^d   Busch, M P ^b  

^a INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^b BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Banco de Sangre de Servicios Mutuos   (United States)

^d OneBlood Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood borne infections; Emerging diseases; Sexually transmitted; Vector borne infections; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLORIDA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; VIRUS DETECTION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BLOOD DONORS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; PUERTO RICO; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85028013508     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.07.006     Document Type: Article

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