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SUBMITTER: Si L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777420 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Si Lulu L Meng Yu Y Tian Fang F Li Weihua W Zou Peng P Wang Qian Q Xu Wei W Wang Yuzhu Y Xia Minjie M Hu Jingying J Jiang Shibo S Lu Lu L
Frontiers in microbiology 20190927
Zika virus (ZIKV) was a re-emerging arbovirus associated with Guillain-Barré Syndrome in adult and congenital Zika syndrome in fetus and infant. Although ZIKV was mainly transmitted by mosquito bites, many sexual transmission cases have been reported since the outbreak in 2015. ZIKV can persist in testis and semen for a long time, causing testicular tissue damage and reducing sperm quality. However, no drug has been approved for prevention or treatment of ZIKV infection, especially infection in ...[more]