Zika virus isolation from semen

Elena Percivalle; Maurizio Zavattoni; Fausto Fausto; Francesca Rovida

Zika virus isolation from semen

New Microbiol. 2017 Jul;40(3):197-198. Epub 2017 May 17.

Authors

Elena Percivalle¹, Maurizio Zavattoni¹, Fausto Fausto^{1

2}, Francesca Rovida¹

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
² Section of Microbiology, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

PMID: 28513814

Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) can be sexually transmitted and replicative particles were first detected in a semen sample from a patient during the 2013-14 French Polynesia outbreak. Here we describe the virus isolation from semen of a patient returning to Italy from Brazil.

Keywords: Semen; Viral isolation; Zika virus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil
Chlorocebus aethiops
Humans
Italy
Male
RNA, Viral / analysis
Semen / virology*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral / diagnosis*
Travel
Vero Cells
Viral Load
Zika Virus / genetics
Zika Virus / isolation & purification*
Zika Virus Infection / diagnosis*
Zika Virus Infection / transmission

Substances

RNA, Viral