TY - JOUR AU - Mansuy, Jean-Michel AU - El Costa, Hicham AU - Gouilly, Jordi AU - Mengelle, Catherine AU - Pasquier, Christophe AU - Martin-Blondel, Guillaume AU - Izopet, Jacques AU - Jabrane-Ferrat, Nabila T1 - Peripheral Plasma and Semen Cytokine Response to Zika Virus in Humans T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 4 SP - 823 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We assessed Zika virus RNA and select cytokine levels in semen, blood, and plasma samples from an infected patient in South America. Viral RNA was detected in semen >2 months after viremia clearance; cytokine profiles differed in semen and plasma. After viremia, Zika virus appears to become compartmentalized in the male reproductive tract. KW - Zika KW - Zika virus KW - cytokines KW - semen KW - blood KW - inflammation KW - peripheral blood KW - viruses KW - vector-borne infections KW - male reproductive tract KW - genitals KW - inflammatory response KW - cytokine response KW - France KW - DO - 10.3201/eid2504.171886 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/4/17-1886_article ER - End of Reference