Zika virus persistence in the male macaque reproductive tract.

• Main Authors: Erin E Ball (Author), Patricia A Pesavento (Author), Koen K A Van Rompay (Author), M Kevin Keel (Author), Anil Singapuri (Author), Jose P Gomez-Vazquez (Author), Dawn M Dudley (Author), David H O'Connor (Author), Meghan E Breitbach (Author), Nicholas J Maness (Author), Blake Schouest (Author), Antonito Panganiban (Author), Lark L Coffey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is unique among mosquito-borne flaviviruses in that it is also vertically and sexually transmitted by humans. The male reproductive tract is thought to be a ZIKV reservoir; however, the reported magnitude and duration of viral persistence in male genital tissues vary widely in huma...