We report a case of Zika virus infection imported in Florence, Italy ex-Thailand, leading to a secondary autochthonous case, probably through sexual transmission. The two cases occurred in May 2014 but were retrospectively diagnosed in 2016 on the basis of serological tests (plaque reduction neutralisation) performed on stored serum samples. Our report provides further evidence that sexual transmission of Zika virus is possible.
An autochthonous case of Zika due to possible sexual transmission, Florence, Italy, 2014 / Venturi, Giulietta; Zammarchi, Lorenzo; Fortuna, Claudia; Remoli, Maria E.lena; Benedetti, Eleonora; Fiorentini, Cristiano; Trotta, Michele; Rizzo, Caterina; Mantella, Antonia; Rezza, Giovanni; Bartoloni, Alessandro. - In: EUROSURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1560-7917. - ELETTRONICO. - 21:(2016), pp. 1-4. [10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.8.30148]
An autochthonous case of Zika due to possible sexual transmission, Florence, Italy, 2014
ZAMMARCHI, LORENZO;MANTELLA, ANTONIA;BARTOLONI, ALESSANDRO
2016
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We report a case of Zika virus infection imported in Florence, Italy ex-Thailand, leading to a secondary autochthonous case, probably through sexual transmission. The two cases occurred in May 2014 but were retrospectively diagnosed in 2016 on the basis of serological tests (plaque reduction neutralisation) performed on stored serum samples. Our report provides further evidence that sexual transmission of Zika virus is possible.
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