Persistent Zika Virus Detection in Semen in a Traveler Returning to the United Kingdom from Brazil, 2016.
Katherine M Gaskell 
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Catherine Houlihan;
Eleni Nastouli;
Anna M Checkley;
(2017)
Persistent Zika Virus Detection in Semen in a Traveler Returning to the United Kingdom from Brazil, 2016.
Emerging infectious diseases, 23 (1).
pp. 137-139.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid2301.161300
;
Catherine Houlihan;
Eleni Nastouli;
Anna M Checkley;
(2017)
Persistent Zika Virus Detection in Semen in a Traveler Returning to the United Kingdom from Brazil, 2016.
Emerging infectious diseases, 23 (1).
pp. 137-139.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid2301.161300
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.
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