Probable Non–Vector-borne Transmission of Zika Virus, Colorado, USA

Clinical and serologic evidence indicate that 2 American scientists contracted Zika virus infections while working in Senegal in 2008. One of the scientists transmitted this arbovirus to his wife after his return home. Direct contact is implicated as the transmission route, most likely as a sexually...

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Autores principales: Foy, Brian D., Kobylinski, Kevin C., Foy, Joy L. Chilson, Blitvich, Bradley J., Travassos da Rosa, Amelia, Haddow, Andrew D., Lanciotti, Robert S., Tesh, Robert B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21529401
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101939
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Sumario:Clinical and serologic evidence indicate that 2 American scientists contracted Zika virus infections while working in Senegal in 2008. One of the scientists transmitted this arbovirus to his wife after his return home. Direct contact is implicated as the transmission route, most likely as a sexually transmitted infection.

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