Persistence and infectivity of Zika Virus in semen after returning from endemic areas: report of 5 cases

Zika Virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne Flavivirus that since 2015 is producing a major outbreak in South America and the Caribbean regions. Zika virus can produce multiple congenital defects. Due to this congenital Zika virus syndrome, the World Health Organization declared that the Zika outbreak was a Global Public Health Emergency from February 2016 to November 2016. The unprecedented high number of Zika cases has been probably the consequence of climate changes that facilitated the rapid spread of Aedes mosquito species in the affected regions as well as the spread of ZIKV in an immunological naive population.
Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - Category: Virology Authors: Source Type: research