Andrology-Open Access
Open Access

Giulia Marras

Publications

• Case Report
  Persistence of Zika Virus in Gradient Sperm Preparation
  Author(s): Nino Guy Cassuto, Giulia Marras, Véronique Jacomo and Dominique Bouret Nino Guy Cassuto, Giulia Marras, Véronique Jacomo and Dominique Bouret
  
  In April 2016 ZIKA virus RNA was detected during control before performing in vitro fertilization in adult-man semen that contracted the infection in French Guyana and travel back to France. The infection had been detectable in the sperm by qRT-PCR and the virus persists in the semen even after routinely ART sperm migration performed in a bilayer gradient. Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitos. The virus has spread rapidly in the A. aegypti endemic region (South America, Central America, the Caribbean, the Pacific islands, Singapore, and Thailand) but the ability of ZIKV to be transmitted sexually has enhanced the transmission of the disease in non-endemic countries. It has been reported that during pregnancy ZIKV infection can lead to developmental abnormalities (microcephaly, cerebral calcification, fetal loss) and that the virus .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0250.1000186

  Abstract PDF

Relevant Topics