Infection dynamics in a traveller with persistent shedding of Zika virus RNA in semen for six months after returning from Haiti to Italy, January 2016
We describe the dynamics of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a man in his early 40s who developed fever and rash after returning from Haiti to Italy, in January 2016. Follow-up laboratory testing demonstrated detectable ZIKV RNA in plasma up to day 9 after symptom onset and in urine and saliva up to d...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998504/ |