Suspected Female-to-Male Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus — New York City, 2016

Davidson, Alexander; Slavinski, Sally; Komoto, Kendra J; Rakeman, Jennifer L.; Weiss, Don

doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6528e2

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“…With the rapidly spread of this epidemic throughout the world, other possibilities of transmission have been raised, and there are already important records of possible transmission through sexual intercourse, saliva, amniotic fluid, urine, semen, breast milk, blood transfusion and laboratory exposure [7,10,11,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]. …”

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After all, How is the Zika Virus Transmitted?

Barreto

Oliveira

Florêncio

et al. 2017

JMEN

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Zika (ZIKV) has spread rapidly throughout the world, causing serious epidemics. But, before the recent outbreak in Brazil, little was known about the virus or its mode of transmission. After ZIKV and microcephaly were associated in the Brazilian Northeast, virus spread caused international repercussions, generating the need to investigate other possibilities of transmission. Therefore, our objective was to identify the possible ways of ZIKV transmission described in the literature. A review of the published literature was carried out on the following databases: Scielo, Pubmed and Lilacs, related to ZIKV, from 1950 to 2006, and from 2006 to 2017. Only 46 publications were found in the period between 1950 to 2006. However, after the epidemics in the Yap Islands and in French Polynesia, more than 2000 publications were generated. The most common reported mode of transmission was the infected vector, especially those of the genus Aedes -A. aegypti was the most frequently cited. Some other possible vectors were cited as well, such as Culex spp.. However, studies suggest that this vector would not have the competence to transmit the ZIKV, which warrants further study. Other forms of documented transmission were through sexual intercourse, saliva, amniotic fluid, urine, semen, breast milk, blood transfusion and laboratory exposure. Given the great transmission potential of the ZIKV, its control has become a major challenge to global health. All these modes of transmission need to be further investigated to determine the relative weight of each one in any given epidemic.

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After all, How is the Zika Virus Transmitted?

Barreto

Oliveira

Florêncio

et al. 2017

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“…To date, 38 cases of sexually transmitted Zika virus infection have been confirmed in the United States (16). Most cases have involved transmission from symptomatic men to women (17); however, cases of male-to-male (14), female-to-male (18), and asymptomatic male-to-female (19) sexual transmission have also been documented. In April and May, CDC initiated two studies to determine the frequency and duration of Zika virus shedding in the semen and urine of infected men.…”

Section: Identifying Sexual Transmission Of Zika Virus Infectionmentioning

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Zika Virus —10 Public Health Achievements in 2016 and Future Priorities

Oussayef

Pillai

Honein

et al. 2017

MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep.

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“…[16][17][18] Although the cases of infection through sexual contact were initially thought to make up only a small proportion of all infections, they appear to be not uncommon. The Zika virus was detected in the seminal fluid of a patient who had developed an infection more than 180 days earlier; 19,20 thus, it is currently unknown how long the Zika virus remains in seminal fluid.…”

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“…17 Additionally, cases where the virus appeared to have been transmitted from women to men have also been reported, indicating that the virus can be transmitted not only from men to women, but also from women to men. 18 The issue seems to be further complicated by the subclinical characteristics of the infection; there are two reported cases of Zika virus infection from a man who had no symptoms during and after his travel to an endemic area to a woman who had never traveled to those areas. 48,49 These reports show that sexual contact can transmit the Zika virus, even if no symptoms are noted during and after staying in Zika virus-endemic areas.…”

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Zika virus infection: Clinical overview with a summary of Japanese cases

Kutsuna

2017

Clinical & Exp Neuroim

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Zika virus infection is a mosquito-borne infection caused by the Zika virus, a member of the genus Flavivirus in the family Flaviviridae. The infection is transmitted to humans mainly by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Sexual contact has also been reported to cause infection. It can be diagnosed based on the detection of the virus from blood or urine samples, detection of the viral genes by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, positive conversion of immunoglobulin M or neutralizing antibodies, or a significant increase in antibody titer in paired sera. No effective antiviral drugs or vaccines are currently available. On rare occasions, individuals infected with the Zika virus subsequently develop Guillain-Barr e syndrome. In addition, pregnant women infected with the Zika virus can have an increased risk of fetal microcephaly, which has been recognized as a social problem. Finally, I summarized Zika virus infection in Japan as of June 2017.

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Suspected Female-to-Male Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus — New York City, 2016

Cited by 275 publications

References 5 publications

After all, How is the Zika Virus Transmitted?

After all, How is the Zika Virus Transmitted?

Zika Virus —10 Public Health Achievements in 2016 and Future Priorities

Zika virus infection: Clinical overview with a summary of Japanese cases

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