Zika virus as a sexually transmitted pathogen

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 39-44

  Mead, Paul S ^a   Hills, Susan L ^a   Brooks, John T ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

condoms; flavivirus; human; pregnancy; semen; sexual transmission; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

BODY FLUIDS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85041456680     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000414     Document Type: Review

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