Low risk of a sexually-transmitted Zika virus outbreak

Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Oct;16(10):1100-1102. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30324-3. Epub 2016 Sep 19.

Authors

Laith Yakob¹, Adam Kucharski², Stephane Hue², W John Edmunds²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: laith.yakob@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.

PMID: 27676337
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30324-3

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks*
Female
Humans
Male
Risk
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral / transmission*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral / virology
Zika Virus / physiology*
Zika Virus Infection / transmission*
Zika Virus Infection / virology

Grants and funding

MC_PC_15097/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom