[HTML][HTML] Prolonged detection of dengue virus RNA in the semen of a man returning from Thailand to Italy, January 2018
E Lalle, F Colavita, M Iannetta, SG Teklè… - …, 2018 - eurosurveillance.org
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This study reports the presence of dengue virus RNA in longitudinally collected semen
samples of a previously healthy Caucasian man, returning to Italy from Thailand with primary
dengue fever, up to 37 days post-symptom onset, when viraemia and viruria were
undetectable. This finding, coupled with the evidence of dengue virus negative-strand RNA,
an indirect marker of ongoing viral replication, in the cellular fraction of semen, indicates a
need to further investigate possible sexual transmission.
samples of a previously healthy Caucasian man, returning to Italy from Thailand with primary
dengue fever, up to 37 days post-symptom onset, when viraemia and viruria were
undetectable. This finding, coupled with the evidence of dengue virus negative-strand RNA,
an indirect marker of ongoing viral replication, in the cellular fraction of semen, indicates a
need to further investigate possible sexual transmission.
This study reports the presence of dengue virus RNA in longitudinally collected semen samples of a previously healthy Caucasian man, returning to Italy from Thailand with primary dengue fever, up to 37 days post-symptom onset, when viraemia and viruria were undetectable. This finding, coupled with the evidence of dengue virus negative-strand RNA, an indirect marker of ongoing viral replication, in the cellular fraction of semen, indicates a need to further investigate possible sexual transmission.
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