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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Prisant, Nadia
• Bujan, Louis
• Benichou, Hélène
• Hayot, Pierre-Humbert
• Pavili, Lynda
• Lurel, Sylvia
• Herrmann, Cecile
• Janky, Eustase
• Joguet, Guillaume

Titel

Zika virus in the female genital tract

Ist Teil von

• The Lancet infectious diseases, 2016-09, Vol.16 (9), p.1000-1001

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Zika virus infection has been associated with adverse fetal outcomes, including congenital microcephaly, and could lead to pregnancy loss, as was described in a mouse model.1,2 Presence of Zika virus has been shown in amniotic fluid, which suggests that the virus can cross the placental barrier.3 Zika virus has been isolated from several other body fluids, including blood, urine, saliva, breastmilk, and semen.1 Presence of Zika virus in semen was reported after infection and has been shown to persist even after it is undetectable in blood or urine. [...]no data are available on the presence of Zika virus in the female genital tract. [...]the detection of Zika virus in the female genital tract, its clearance kinetics, and its possible persistence would be of utmost importance in the assessment of woman-to-man sexual transmission of the Zika virus, and it could also help clarify the process of mother-to-child vertical transmission.