Zika virus isolation from semen
Elena Percivalle, Maurizio Zavattoni, Fausto Fausto, Francesca Rovida, Elena Percivalle, Maurizio Zavattoni, Fausto Fausto, Francesca Rovida
Abstract
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.
Keywords: Semen; Viral isolation; Zika virus.
Source: PubMed