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Case Reports
. 2016 May;22(5):940.
doi: 10.3201/eid2205.160107.

Detection of Zika Virus in Semen

Barry Atkinson, Pasco Hearn, Babak Afrough, Sarah Lumley, Daniel Carter, Emma J Aarons, Andrew J Simpson, Timothy J Brooks, Roger Hewson
Case Reports

Detection of Zika Virus in Semen

Barry Atkinson et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Zika; diagnostic; flaviviruses; semen; sexual transmission; viruses.

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