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Probable Non-vector-borne Transmission of Zika Virus, Colorado, USA

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Journal Emerg Infect Dis
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2011 May 3
PMID 21529401
Citations 493
Authors
Brian D Foy
Kevin C Kobylinski
Joy L Chilson Foy
Bradley J Blitvich
Amelia Travassos da Rosa
Andrew D Haddow
Robert S Lanciotti
Robert B Tesh
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Abstract

Clinical and serologic evidence indicate that 2 American scientists contracted Zika virus infections while working in Senegal in 2008. One of the scientists transmitted this arbovirus to his wife after his return home. Direct contact is implicated as the transmission route, most likely as a sexually transmitted infection.

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