Sexual transmission of Zika virus in an entirely asymptomatic couple returning from a Zika epidemic area, France, April 2016.
The current Zika virus outbreak and its potential severe health consequences, especially congenital fetal syndrome, have led to increased concern about sexual transmission, especially in pregnant women and women of reproductive age. Here we report a case of Zika virus sexual transmission, likely male-to-female, in a totally asymptomatic couple.
Service de médecine de la reproduction, CHU de Nantes.
Thomas
T
Fréour
Sophie
S
Mirallié
Bruno
B
Hubert
Carole
C
Splingart
Paul
P
Barrière
Marianne
M
Maquart
Isabelle
I
Leparc-Goffart
D000328:Adult; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008395:Martinique; D015229:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D014195:Travel; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*
Zika; asymptomatic; sexual transmission