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Abstract

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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2018-05-03
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Prolonged detection of dengue virus RNA in the semen of a man returning from Thailand to Italy, January 2018
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Eleonora+Lalle&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lalle Eleonora</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Francesca+Colavita&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Colavita Francesca</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marco+Iannetta&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Iannetta Marco</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Saba++Gebremeskel+Tekl%C3%A8&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gebremeskel Teklè Saba </a>, <a href="/search?value1=Fabrizio+Carletti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Carletti Fabrizio</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Laura+Scorzolini&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Scorzolini Laura</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Licia+Bordi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bordi Licia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Donatella+Vincenti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vincenti Donatella</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Concetta+Castilletti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Castilletti Concetta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Giuseppe+Ippolito&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ippolito Giuseppe</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maria+Rosaria+Capobianchi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Capobianchi Maria Rosaria</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Emanuele+Nicastri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nicastri Emanuele</a></span>. Prolonged detection of dengue virus RNA in the semen of a man returning from Thailand to Italy, January 2018. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(18):pii=18-00197. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.18.18-00197" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.18.18-00197</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 18 Apr 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 03 May 2018 </span> </p>
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