Infectious Toscana Virus in Seminal Fluid of Young Man Returning from Elba Island, Italy

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Matusali, Giulia ; D’Abramo, Alessandra ; Terrosi, Chiara ; Carletti, Fabrizio ; Colavita, Francesca ; Vairo, Francesco ; Savellini, Gianni Gori ; Gandolfo, Claudia ; Anichini, Gabriele ; Lalle, Eleonora ; Bordi, Licia ; Corpolongo, Angela ; Maritti, Micaela ; Marchioni, Luisa ; Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria ; Castilletti, Concetta ; Cusi, Maria Grazia ; Nicastri, Emanuele
• Description:
  We report detecting infectious Toscana virus in the seminal fluid of a 25-year-old man from Italy returning from Elba Island. The presence of infectious virus in human semen adds Toscana virus to the long list of viruses detected in this genital fluid and indicates a potential for sexual transmission.
• Subjects:
  Adult Body Fluids Communicable Diseases Fetus Humans Male Sandfly Fever Naples Virus Semen
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(4):865-869
• Pubmed ID:
  35318936
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8962903
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Italy
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8bd7f880fc0094659b1f7285b8858d7363e0910ead48c34caa843515abdf4317
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/116329/cdc_116329_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.31 MB ]