Isolation of viable Zika virus from spermatozoa

Zika virus isolation from semen.

Zika virus (ZIKV) can be sexually transmitted and replicative particles were first detected in a semen sample from a patient during the 2013-14 French Polynesia outbreak. Here we describe the virus isolation from semen of a patient returning to Italy from Brazil.

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

Isolation of Zika Virus from Febrile Patient, Indonesia.

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Isolation and Identification of Infectious Bronchitis Virus from Commercial Chickens

Isolation of Infective Zika Virus from Urine and Saliva of Patients in Brazil

BACKGROUND Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emergent threat provoking a worldwide explosive outbreak. Since January 2015, 41 countries reported autochthonous cases. In Brazil, an increase in Guillain-Barré syndrome and microcephaly cases was linked to ZIKV infections. A recent report describing low experimental transmission efficiency of its main putative vector, Ae. aegypti, in conjunction with apparen...