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Case Reports
. 2015 Feb;21(2):359-61.
doi: 10.3201/eid2102.141363.

Potential sexual transmission of Zika virus

Didier Musso, Claudine Roche, Emilie Robin, Tuxuan Nhan, Anita Teissier, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau
Case Reports

Potential sexual transmission of Zika virus

Didier Musso et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb.

Erratum in

  • Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Mar;21(3):552

Abstract

In December 2013, during a Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in French Polynesia, a patient in Tahiti sought treatment for hematospermia, and ZIKV was isolated from his semen. ZIKV transmission by sexual intercourse has been previously suspected. This observation supports the possibility that ZIKV could be transmitted sexually.

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