Abstract
The current Zika virus outbreak and its potential severe health consequences, especially congenital fetal syndrome, have led to increased concern about sexual transmission, especially in pregnant women and women of reproductive age. Here we report a case of Zika virus sexual transmission, likely male-to-female, in a totally asymptomatic couple.
Highlights
ZIKV is an emerging flavivirus currently responsible for a major outbreak in different areas of the world including for example South America, as well as islands of the Caribbean and the Pacific [7]
The finding in our study of a likely man-to-woman sexual transmission of ZIKV between two asymptomatic cases coincided with systematic virological testing in the context of ART
This unapparent risk of transmission is of concern for pregnant women and women considering pregnancy, and highlights the need to reinforce the counselling and recommendations given to men travelling to epidemic regions and having sex with women of reproductive age
Summary
Sexual transmission of Zika virus in an entirely asymptomatic couple returning from a Zika epidemic area, France, April 2016. Citation style for this article: Fréour T, Mirallié S, Hubert B, Splingart C, Barrière P, Maquart M, Leparc-Goffart I. Article submitted on 30 May 2016/ accepted on 09 June 2016 / published on 09 June 2016. We report a case of Zika virus sexual transmission, likely male-tofemale, in a totally asymptomatic couple. Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus transmitted by Aedes species [1,2]. It is the first flavivirus known to be sexually transmittable between symptomatic patients [3,4,5,6]. We here report a ZIKV sexual transmission in a couple returning from Martinique, whereby both partners were asymptomatic
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