The novel virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused
a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Across the globe, a subset of patients …

Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae
(genus Flavivirus), is now causing an unprecedented large-scale outbreak in the Americas …

Background To estimate the frequency and duration of detectable Zika virus (ZIKV) RNA in
human body fluids, we prospectively assessed a cohort of recently infected participants in …

Background Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus that has been linked
to adverse birth outcomes. Previous reports have shown that person-to-person transmission …

Background Zika virus (ZIKV) is transmitted to humans primarily by Aedes mosquito bites.
However, circumstantial evidence points to a sexual transmission route. Objectives To …

Background Health authorities in the United States and Europe reported an increasing
number of travel-associated episodes of sexual transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) following …

The mosquito-borne arbovirus Zika virus (ZIKV, Flavivirus, Flaviviridae), has caused an
outbreak impressive by its magnitude and rapid spread. First detected in Uganda in Africa in …

Background Evidence of human sexual transmission during Zika virus emergence is a
matter of concern, particularly in procreation, but to date, kinetics of seminal shedding and …

Zika virus RNA is frequently detected in the semen of men after Zika virus infection. To learn
more about persistence of viruses in genital fluids, we searched PubMed for relevant …

The first human Zika virus infection was documented in Nigeria in 1954, with very few
documented infections after this initial report, until the virus outbreak in 2007 on Yap Island …