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Eurosurveillance, Volume 21, Issue 32, 11 August 2016
Rapid communication
Infection dynamics in a traveller with persistent shedding of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after returning from Haiti to Italy, January 2016
L Barzon [SUP]1[/SUP] [SUP]2[/SUP] , M Pacenti [SUP]2[/SUP] , E Franchin [SUP]1[/SUP] [SUP]2[/SUP] , E Lavezzo [SUP]1[/SUP] , M Trevisan [SUP]1[/SUP] , D Sgarabotto [SUP]3[/SUP] , G Pal? [SUP]1[/SUP] [SUP]2[/SUP]
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1. Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
2. Microbiology and Virology Unit, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
3. Transplant Infectious Disease Unit, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
Correspondence: Luisa Barzon (luisa.barzon@unipd.it)
Citation style for this article: Barzon L, Pacenti M, Franchin E, Lavezzo E, Trevisan M, Sgarabotto D, Pal? G. Infection dynamics in a traveller with persistent shedding of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after returning from Haiti to Italy, January 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(32)
ii=30316. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30316
Received:28 July 2016; Accepted:11 August 2016
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We describe the dynamics of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a man in his early 40s who developed fever and rash after returning from Haiti to Italy, in January 2016. Follow-up laboratory testing demonstrated detectable ZIKV RNA in plasma up to day 9 after symptom onset and in urine and saliva up to days 15 and 47, respectively. Notably, persistent shedding of ZIKV RNA was demonstrated in semen, still detectable at 181 days after onset.
full article
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22556
Rapid communication
Infection dynamics in a traveller with persistent shedding of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after returning from Haiti to Italy, January 2016
L Barzon [SUP]1[/SUP] [SUP]2[/SUP] , M Pacenti [SUP]2[/SUP] , E Franchin [SUP]1[/SUP] [SUP]2[/SUP] , E Lavezzo [SUP]1[/SUP] , M Trevisan [SUP]1[/SUP] , D Sgarabotto [SUP]3[/SUP] , G Pal? [SUP]1[/SUP] [SUP]2[/SUP]
+ Author affiliations
1. Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
2. Microbiology and Virology Unit, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
3. Transplant Infectious Disease Unit, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
Correspondence: Luisa Barzon (luisa.barzon@unipd.it)
Citation style for this article: Barzon L, Pacenti M, Franchin E, Lavezzo E, Trevisan M, Sgarabotto D, Pal? G. Infection dynamics in a traveller with persistent shedding of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after returning from Haiti to Italy, January 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(32)
ii=30316. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30316Received:28 July 2016; Accepted:11 August 2016
[h=4][/h]
We describe the dynamics of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a man in his early 40s who developed fever and rash after returning from Haiti to Italy, in January 2016. Follow-up laboratory testing demonstrated detectable ZIKV RNA in plasma up to day 9 after symptom onset and in urine and saliva up to days 15 and 47, respectively. Notably, persistent shedding of ZIKV RNA was demonstrated in semen, still detectable at 181 days after onset.
full article
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22556