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Sexual transmission of Zika virus in Germany, April 2016
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsJonas Schmidt-Chanasitjonassi gmx.de
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Citation style for this article: . Sexual transmission of Zika virus in Germany, April 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(23):pii=30252. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.23.30252 Received: 29 May 2016; Accepted: 09 Jun 2016
Abstract
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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