Zika Virus High Infectious Viral Load in Semen a New Sexually Transmitted Pathogen

Mansuy, J.M., Dutertre, M., Mengell, C., et al. (2016). Zika Virus: High Infectious Viral Load in Semen, a New Sexually Transmitted Pathogen? The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16(4): 405.
The authors tested a Zika patients' semen two weeks after system onset and found viral load was nearly 100,000 times that of his blood or urine. The authors discuss implications regarding sexual transmission.
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