• Eurosurveillance · Jun 2016

    Sexual transmission of Zika virus in an entirely asymptomatic couple returning from a Zika epidemic area, France, April 2016.

    • Thomas Fréour, Sophie Mirallié, Bruno Hubert, Carole Splingart, Paul Barrière, Marianne Maquart, and Isabelle Leparc-Goffart.
    • Service de médecine de la reproduction, CHU de Nantes.
    • Eurosurveillance. 2016 Jun 9; 21 (23).

    AbstractThe 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.

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