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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Research Letter
Replication-Competent Oropouche Virus in Semen of Traveler Returning to Italy from Cuba, 2024
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Concetta Castilletti1, Ralph Huits1Comments to Author , Rebeca Passarelli Mantovani, Silvia Accordini, Francesca Alladio, and Federico Gobbi
Author affiliations: IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy (C. Castilletti, R. Huits, R. Passarelli Mantovani, S. Accordini, F. Alladio, F. Gobbi); University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy (F. Gobbi)
Abstract
A febrile man in Italy who had traveled to Cuba in July 2024 was diagnosed with Oropouche fever. Reverse transcription PCR detected prolonged shedding of Oropouche virus RNA in whole blood, serum, urine, and semen. Sixteen days after symptom onset, replication-competent virus was detected in semen, suggesting risk for sexual transmission...
Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Research Letter
Replication-Competent Oropouche Virus in Semen of Traveler Returning to Italy from Cuba, 2024
Article has an altmetric score of 56
Metric Details
Concetta Castilletti1, Ralph Huits1Comments to Author , Rebeca Passarelli Mantovani, Silvia Accordini, Francesca Alladio, and Federico Gobbi
Author affiliations: IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy (C. Castilletti, R. Huits, R. Passarelli Mantovani, S. Accordini, F. Alladio, F. Gobbi); University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy (F. Gobbi)
Abstract
A febrile man in Italy who had traveled to Cuba in July 2024 was diagnosed with Oropouche fever. Reverse transcription PCR detected prolonged shedding of Oropouche virus RNA in whole blood, serum, urine, and semen. Sixteen days after symptom onset, replication-competent virus was detected in semen, suggesting risk for sexual transmission...