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Editor, Senior Moderator
Eurosurveillance, Volume 21, Issue 32, 11 August 2016
Rapid communication
Persistent detection of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after symptom onset in a traveller returning from Haiti to Italy, February 2016
E Nicastri [SUP]1[/SUP] , C Castilletti [SUP]1[/SUP] , G Liuzzi [SUP]1[/SUP] , M Iannetta [SUP]1[/SUP] , MR Capobianchi [SUP]1[/SUP] , G Ippolito [SUP]1[/SUP]
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1. National Institute for Infectious Diseases ?Lazzaro Spallanzani?, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Correspondence: Concetta Castilletti (concetta.castilletti@inmi.it)
Citation style for this article: Nicastri E, Castilletti C, Liuzzi G, Iannetta M, Capobianchi MR, Ippolito G. Persistent detection of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after symptom onset in a traveller returning from Haiti to Italy, February 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(32)
ii=30314. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30314
Received:06 July 2016; Accepted:09 August 2016
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A man in his early 30s reported in January 2016 a history of fever, asthenia and erythematous rash during a stay in Haiti. On his return to Italy, ZIKV RNA was detected in his urine and saliva 91 days after symptom onset, and in his semen on day 188, six months after symptom onset. Our findings support the possibility of sexual transmission of ZIKV and highlight the importance of continuing to investigate non-vector-borne ZIKV infection.
full article
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22554
Rapid communication
Persistent detection of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after symptom onset in a traveller returning from Haiti to Italy, February 2016
E Nicastri [SUP]1[/SUP] , C Castilletti [SUP]1[/SUP] , G Liuzzi [SUP]1[/SUP] , M Iannetta [SUP]1[/SUP] , MR Capobianchi [SUP]1[/SUP] , G Ippolito [SUP]1[/SUP]
+ Author affiliations
1. National Institute for Infectious Diseases ?Lazzaro Spallanzani?, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Correspondence: Concetta Castilletti (concetta.castilletti@inmi.it)
Citation style for this article: Nicastri E, Castilletti C, Liuzzi G, Iannetta M, Capobianchi MR, Ippolito G. Persistent detection of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after symptom onset in a traveller returning from Haiti to Italy, February 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(32)
ii=30314. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30314Received:06 July 2016; Accepted:09 August 2016
[h=4][/h]
A man in his early 30s reported in January 2016 a history of fever, asthenia and erythematous rash during a stay in Haiti. On his return to Italy, ZIKV RNA was detected in his urine and saliva 91 days after symptom onset, and in his semen on day 188, six months after symptom onset. Our findings support the possibility of sexual transmission of ZIKV and highlight the importance of continuing to investigate non-vector-borne ZIKV infection.
full article
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22554