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Zika Virus (ZIKV)
 Mosquito and sexually transmitted RNA flavivirus
2 week incubation period
20% of infected patients symptomatic Fever, myalgia, rash, conjunctivitis
In ART: risk of congenital Zika syndrome (virus passes placental barrier)
 microcephaly Guillain‐Barre syndrome fetal loss
Widespread prevalence
No vaccine
Found in semen and vaginal fluid
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Zika Virus in body fluids (RNA-PCR) after acute infection - wide variation in persistance
Persistence of Zika RNA in semen, blood and urine from a 32 year of man returning from Ghana for up to 141 days after onset of symptoms
Mansuy JM et al . Lancet Inf ect Di s 2016; 16: 405
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