Prolonged Zika virus RNA detection in semen of immunosuppressed patient
Petridou, Christina Bonsall, David Ahmed, Aleem Roberts, Mark Bell, Carolyn de Cesare, Mariateresa Bowden, Rory Graham, Victoria Bailey, Daniel Simpson, Andrew
Petridou, Christina
Bonsall, David
Ahmed, Aleem
Roberts, Mark
Bell, Carolyn
de Cesare, Mariateresa
Bowden, Rory
Graham, Victoria
Bailey, Daniel
Simpson, Andrew
Abstract
Zika virus RNA has been detected in semen samples collected <370 days after symptom onset. We report unusual persistence of Zika virus RNA in semen, confirmed by sequencing at 515 days after symptom onset and detectable for >900 days, in a patient with immunosuppression.
Keywords: United Kingdom; Zika virus; clearance; immunosuppression; persistence; semen; viruses.
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Public Health England Porton, Salisbury; University of Oxford; Leicester Royal Infirmary; Worcestershire Royal Hospital; South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
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2019-08
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Petridou C, Bonsall D, Ahmed A, Roberts M, Bell C, de Cesare M, Bowden R, Graham V, Bailey D, Simpson A, Aarons E. Prolonged Zika Virus RNA Detection in Semen of Immunosuppressed Patient. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Aug;25(8):1598-1600. doi: 10.3201/eid2508.181543.