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Prolonged Zika Virus RNA Detection in Semen of Immunosuppressed Patient.

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.

SUBMITTER: Petridou C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649331 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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