| Literature DB >> 27986688 |
Kate Russell1,2, Susan L Hills3, Alexandra M Oster4, Charsey Cole Porse5, Gregory Danyluk6, Marshall Cone7, Richard Brooks8,9, Sarah Scotland10, Elizabeth Schiffman11, Carolyn Fredette12, Jennifer L White13, Katherine Ellingson14, Allison Hubbard15, Amanda Cohn16, Marc Fischer3, Paul Mead3, Ann M Powers3, John T Brooks4.
Abstract
We report on 9 cases of male-to-female sexual transmission of Zika virus in the United States occurring January-April 2016. This report summarizes new information about both timing of exposure and symptoms of sexually transmitted Zika virus disease, and results of semen testing for Zika virus from 2 male travelers. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.Entities:
Keywords: Zika; Zika virus; semen.; sexual transmission
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27986688 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw692
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079