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Eurosurveillance, Volume 21, Issue 23, 09 June 2016
Rapid communication
Longitudinal follow-up of Zika virus RNA in semen of a traveller returning from Barbados to the Netherlands with Zika virus disease, March 2016
C Reusken 1 2 , S Pas 1 2 , C GeurtsvanKessel 1 , R M?gling 1 , J van Kampen 1 , T Langerak 1 , M Koopmans 1 , A van der Eijk 1 , E van Gorp 1
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1. Department of Viroscience and WHO collaborating Centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever reference and research, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
2. These authors contributed, equally
Correspondence: Chantal Reusken (c.reusken@erasmusmc.nl)
Citation style for this article: Reusken C, Pas S, GeurtsvanKessel C, M?gling R, van Kampen J, Langerak T, Koopmans M, van der Eijk A, van Gorp E. Longitudinal follow-up of Zika virus RNA in semen of a traveller returning from Barbados to the Netherlands with Zika virus disease, March 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(23):pii=30251. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.23.30251
Received:27 May 2016; Accepted:09 June 2016
We report the longitudinal follow-up of Zika virus (ZIKV) RNA in semen of a traveller who developed ZIKV disease after return to the Netherlands from Barbados, March 2016. Persistence of ZIKV RNA in blood, urine, saliva and semen was followed until the loads reached undetectable levels. RNA levels were higher in semen than in other sample types and declined to undetectable level at day 62 post onset of symptoms.
Rapid communication
Longitudinal follow-up of Zika virus RNA in semen of a traveller returning from Barbados to the Netherlands with Zika virus disease, March 2016
C Reusken 1 2 , S Pas 1 2 , C GeurtsvanKessel 1 , R M?gling 1 , J van Kampen 1 , T Langerak 1 , M Koopmans 1 , A van der Eijk 1 , E van Gorp 1
+ Author affiliations
1. Department of Viroscience and WHO collaborating Centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever reference and research, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
2. These authors contributed, equally
Correspondence: Chantal Reusken (c.reusken@erasmusmc.nl)
Citation style for this article: Reusken C, Pas S, GeurtsvanKessel C, M?gling R, van Kampen J, Langerak T, Koopmans M, van der Eijk A, van Gorp E. Longitudinal follow-up of Zika virus RNA in semen of a traveller returning from Barbados to the Netherlands with Zika virus disease, March 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(23):pii=30251. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.23.30251
Received:27 May 2016; Accepted:09 June 2016
We report the longitudinal follow-up of Zika virus (ZIKV) RNA in semen of a traveller who developed ZIKV disease after return to the Netherlands from Barbados, March 2016. Persistence of ZIKV RNA in blood, urine, saliva and semen was followed until the loads reached undetectable levels. RNA levels were higher in semen than in other sample types and declined to undetectable level at day 62 post onset of symptoms.