Persistent Zika Virus Detection in Semen in a Traveler Returning to the United Kingdom from Brazil, 2016
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Katherine M. Gaskell; Catherine Houlihan; Eleni Nastouli; Anna M. Checkley
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 137-139 (2017)
- Subject
- Zika virus
RNA detection
isolation
asymptomatic
infection
infectious diseases
Medicine
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
1080-6059
Zika virus is normally transmitted by mosquitos, but cases of sexual transmission have been reported. We describe a patient with symptomatic Zika virus infection in whom the virus was detected in semen for 92 days. Our findings support recommendations for 6 months of barrier contraceptive use after symptomatic Zika virus infection.