Zika Virus Infection, Reproductive Organ Targeting, and Semen Transmission in the Male Olive Baboon

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

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.

Detection of Zika Virus in Semen

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Late sexual transmission of Zika virus related to persistence in the semen.

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