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September 2016Volume 82, Pages 1–4 Viral load kinetics of Zika virus in plasma, urine and saliva in a couple returning from Martinique, French West Indieshttp://www.journalofclinicalvirology.com/article/S1386-6532(16)30144-5/fulltext

Viral load kinetics of Zika virus in plasma, urine and saliva in a couple returning from Martinique, French West Indieshttp://www.journalofclinicalvirology.com/article/S1386-6532(16)30144-5/abstract

Eurosurveillance, Volume 21, Issue 23, 09 June 2016Rapid communication SEXUAL TRANSMISSION OF ZIKA VIRUS IN AN ENTIRELY ASYMPTOMATIC COUPLE RETURNING FROM A ZIKA EPIDEMIC AREA, FRANCE, APRIL 2016 http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22500

CORRESPONDENCE Zika Virus Associated with MeningoencephalitisMarch 9, 2016DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1602964 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1602964

Marisol Touraine has confirmed today that the first case of transmission of the virus through sex Zika had been identified in France. This case, detected in the last few days, "took place in a woman who is not pregnant. She was infected by her companion, who was returning from Brazil," said the minister. The couple resides in Île-de-France. http://live.lesechos.fr/49/021729001149.php#xtor=RSS-8