title: Rift Valley fever in kidney transplant recipient returning from Mali with viral RNA detected in semen up to four months from symptom onset, France, autumn 2015.
abstract: A 29-year-old kidney transplant recipient returning from Mali was diagnosed with Rift Valley fever (RVF) in France in autumn 2015. The patient was immunosuppressed due to his renal transplant. IgM and IgG specific to RVF virus (RVFV) were detected in cerebrospinal fluid and blood up to two months after symptom onset, whereas in urine, RVFV genomic RNA was detected by RT-PCR up to three months, and in semen up to four months post symptom onset.
authors.affiliation: Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Fatiha
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haneche
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leparc-Goffart
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hentzien
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martinez-Pourcher
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caumes
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maquart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host / Q000276:immunology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012295:Rift Valley Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012296:Rift Valley fever virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012621:Seasons; D012661:Semen / Q000821:virology*; D055101:Semen Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: RT-PCR; Rift Valley fever; kidney transplant; semen; viral meningo-encephalitis