| Literature DB >> 33395487 |
Juan P Aguilar Ticona1, Huma Baig2, Nivison Nery1,3, Simon Doss-Gollin4, Gielson A Sacramento3, Haritha Adhikarla2, M Catherine Muenker2, Elsio A Wunder2, Eduardo J M Nascimento5, Ernesto T A Marques6, Mitermayer G Reis2,3,7, Albert I Ko2, Federico Costa1,2.
Abstract
To understand the disease burden of sexually transmitted Zika virus (ZIKV), we prospectively followed a cohort of 359 adult and adolescent residents of an urban community in Salvador, Brazil, through the 2015 ZIKV epidemic. Later, in 2017, we used a retrospective survey to associate sexual behavior during the epidemic with ZIKV infection as defined by immunoglobulin G3 NS1 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We found that males who engaged in casual sexual encounters during the epidemic were more likely (adjusted odds ratio, 6.2 [95% confidence interval, 1.2-64.1]) to be ZIKV positive, suggesting that specific groups may be at increased risk of sexually transmitted infections.Entities:
Keywords: Zika; sexual behavior; sexual transmission
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Year: 2021 PMID： 33395487 PMCID： PMC8522079 DOI： 10.1093/infdis/jiab001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN： 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226