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Sexual transmission of Zika virus in Germany, April 2016

2016; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Volume: 21; Issue: 23 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.23.30252

ISSN

1560-7917

Autores

Christina Frank, Dániel Cadar, Alexander Schlaphof, Neele Neddersen, Stephan Günther, Jonas Schmidt‐Chanasit, Dennis Tappe,

Tópico(s)

Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Resumo

Zika virus (ZIKV), an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus, causes a mild dengue fever-like illness but has recently been associated with neurological disease and severe birth defects. The virus is currently causing a large epidemic in the Americas. Here, we report a male-to-female sexual transmission of ZIKV in Germany in April 2016, following travel to Puerto Rico of the male patient, demonstrated by subsequent seroconversions and molecular identification of identical virus sequences from both patients.

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