An Update on Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the arthropod-borne flaviviruses (arboviruses) which are mainly transmitted by blood-sucking mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. ZIKV infection has been known to be rather asymptomatic or presented as febrile self-limited disease; however, dur...
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| author | Hercules Sakkas Petros Bozidis Xenofon Giannakopoulos Nikolaos Sofikitis Chrissanthy Papadopoulou |
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| description | Zika virus (ZIKV) is a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the arthropod-borne flaviviruses (arboviruses) which are mainly transmitted by blood-sucking mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. ZIKV infection has been known to be rather asymptomatic or presented as febrile self-limited disease; however, during the last decade the manifestation of ZIKV infection has been associated with a variety of neuroimmunological disorders including Guillain–Barré syndrome, microcephaly and other central nervous system abnormalities. More recently, there is accumulating evidence about sexual transmission of ZIKV, a trait that has never been observed in any other mosquito-borne flavivirus before. This article reviews the latest information regarding the latter and emerging role of ZIKV, focusing on the consequences of ZIKV infection on the male reproductive system and the epidemiology of human-to-human sexual transmission. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-759d2b3b89e14bf6a2bcd4c3b291aa862022-12-22T03:59:09ZengMDPI AGPathogens2076-08172018-08-01736610.3390/pathogens7030066pathogens7030066An Update on Sexual Transmission of Zika VirusHercules Sakkas0Petros Bozidis1Xenofon Giannakopoulos2Nikolaos Sofikitis3Chrissanthy Papadopoulou4Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceMicrobiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceMicrobiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceZika virus (ZIKV) is a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the arthropod-borne flaviviruses (arboviruses) which are mainly transmitted by blood-sucking mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. ZIKV infection has been known to be rather asymptomatic or presented as febrile self-limited disease; however, during the last decade the manifestation of ZIKV infection has been associated with a variety of neuroimmunological disorders including Guillain–Barré syndrome, microcephaly and other central nervous system abnormalities. More recently, there is accumulating evidence about sexual transmission of ZIKV, a trait that has never been observed in any other mosquito-borne flavivirus before. This article reviews the latest information regarding the latter and emerging role of ZIKV, focusing on the consequences of ZIKV infection on the male reproductive system and the epidemiology of human-to-human sexual transmission.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/7/3/66Zika virusflavivirusAedesHost-virus interactionstestissexual transmissionepidemics |
| spellingShingle | Hercules Sakkas Petros Bozidis Xenofon Giannakopoulos Nikolaos Sofikitis Chrissanthy Papadopoulou An Update on Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus Pathogens Zika virus flavivirus Aedes Host-virus interactions testis sexual transmission epidemics |
| title | An Update on Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus |
| title_full | An Update on Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus |
| title_fullStr | An Update on Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Update on Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus |
| title_short | An Update on Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus |
| title_sort | update on sexual transmission of zika virus |
| topic | Zika virus flavivirus Aedes Host-virus interactions testis sexual transmission epidemics |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/7/3/66 |
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