Infectious Toscana Virus in Seminal Fluid of Young Man Returning from Elba Island, Italy

We report detecting infectious Toscana virus in the seminal fluid of a 25-year-old man from Italy returning from Elba Island. The presence of infectious virus in human semen adds Toscana virus to the long list of viruses detected in this genital fluid and indicates a potential for sexual transmissio...

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Autores principales: Matusali, Giulia, D’Abramo, Alessandra, Terrosi, Chiara, Carletti, Fabrizio, Colavita, Francesca, Vairo, Francesco, Savellini, Gianni Gori, Gandolfo, Claudia, Anichini, Gabriele, Lalle, Eleonora, Bordi, Licia, Corpolongo, Angela, Maritti, Micaela, Marchioni, Luisa, Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria, Castilletti, Concetta, Cusi, Maria Grazia, Nicastri, Emanuele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35318936
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.211920
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Sumario:We report detecting infectious Toscana virus in the seminal fluid of a 25-year-old man from Italy returning from Elba Island. The presence of infectious virus in human semen adds Toscana virus to the long list of viruses detected in this genital fluid and indicates a potential for sexual transmission.

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