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Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 19. pii: ciw692. [Epub ahead of print]
Male-to-Female Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus-United States, January-April 2016.
Russell K1,2, Hills SL3, Oster AM4, Porse CC5, Danyluk G6, Cone M7, Brooks R8,9, Scotland S10, Schiffman E11, Fredette C12, White JL13, Ellingson K14, Hubbard A15, Cohn A16, Fischer M3, Mead P3, Powers AM3, Brooks JT4.
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Abstract
We report on 9 cases of male-to-female sexual transmission of Zika virus in the United States occurring January-April 2016. This report summarizes new information about both timing of exposure and symptoms of sexually transmitted Zika virus disease, and results of semen testing for Zika virus from 2 male travelers.
Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
KEYWORDS:
Zika; Zika virus; semen.; sexual transmission
PMID: 27986688 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw692
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Male-to-Female Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus-United States, January-April 2016.
Russell K1,2, Hills SL3, Oster AM4, Porse CC5, Danyluk G6, Cone M7, Brooks R8,9, Scotland S10, Schiffman E11, Fredette C12, White JL13, Ellingson K14, Hubbard A15, Cohn A16, Fischer M3, Mead P3, Powers AM3, Brooks JT4.
Author information
Abstract
We report on 9 cases of male-to-female sexual transmission of Zika virus in the United States occurring January-April 2016. This report summarizes new information about both timing of exposure and symptoms of sexually transmitted Zika virus disease, and results of semen testing for Zika virus from 2 male travelers.
Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
KEYWORDS:
Zika; Zika virus; semen.; sexual transmission
PMID: 27986688 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw692
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]