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[h=1]Sexual transmission causes a marked increase in the incidence of Zika in women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[/h] [FONT=hwicons !important] View ORCID ProfileFl?vio Code?o Coelho, Betina Durovni, [FONT=hwicons !important] View ORCID ProfileValeria Saraceni, Cristina Lemos, Claudia TorresCode?o, Sabrina Camargo, Luiz Max Carvalho, Leonardo Bastos, Denise Arduini, Daniel Villela,Margaret Armstrong
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/055459 This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?].
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[h=2]Abstract[/h] ...
Using data on the incidence of Zika in 2015-2016 and dengue in 2013 and 2015-16 for the city of Rio de Janeiro (pop: 6.4 million), we document a massive increase of Zika in women compared to men. ...Summing up, women in the sexually active age bracket are far more likely to get Zika than men (+90% increase); sexual transmission is the most probable cause...
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/26/055459
[h=1]Sexual transmission causes a marked increase in the incidence of Zika in women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[/h] [FONT=hwicons !important] View ORCID ProfileFl?vio Code?o Coelho, Betina Durovni, [FONT=hwicons !important] View ORCID ProfileValeria Saraceni, Cristina Lemos, Claudia TorresCode?o, Sabrina Camargo, Luiz Max Carvalho, Leonardo Bastos, Denise Arduini, Daniel Villela,Margaret Armstrong
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/055459 This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?].
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[h=2]Abstract[/h] ...
Using data on the incidence of Zika in 2015-2016 and dengue in 2013 and 2015-16 for the city of Rio de Janeiro (pop: 6.4 million), we document a massive increase of Zika in women compared to men. ...Summing up, women in the sexually active age bracket are far more likely to get Zika than men (+90% increase); sexual transmission is the most probable cause...
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/26/055459