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Persistent Zika Virus Detection in Semen in a Traveler Returning to the United Kingdom from Brazil, 2016

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 137-139

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid2301.161300

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  1. National Institute for Health Research [ACF-2014-20-001, CL-2014-18-012] Funding Source: researchfish

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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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