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Zika virus (ZIKV), an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus, causes a mild dengue fever-like illness but has recently been associated with neurological disease and severe birth defects. The virus is currently causing a large epidemic in the Americas. Here, we report a male-to-female sexual transmission of ZIKV in Germany in April 2016, following travel to Puerto Rico of the male patient, demonstrated by subsequent seroconversions and molecular identification of identical virus sequences from both patients.

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Sexual transmission of Zika virus in Germany, April 2016
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Christina+Frank&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Frank Christina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Daniel+Cadar&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cadar Daniel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alexander+Schlaphof&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schlaphof Alexander</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Neele+Neddersen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Neddersen Neele</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stephan+G%C3%BCnther&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Günther Stephan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jonas+Schmidt-Chanasit&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schmidt-Chanasit Jonas</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dennis+Tappe&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tappe Dennis</a></span>. Sexual transmission of Zika virus in Germany, April 2016. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2016;21(23):pii=30252. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.23.30252" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.23.30252</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 29 May 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 09 Jun 2016 </span> </p>
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