Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2022)

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

  • Giulia Matusali,
  • Alessandra D’Abramo,
  • Chiara Terrosi,
  • Fabrizio Carletti,
  • Francesca Colavita,
  • Francesco Vairo,
  • Gianni Gori Savellini,
  • Claudia Gandolfo,
  • Gabriele Anichini,
  • Eleonora Lalle,
  • Licia Bordi,
  • Angela Corpolongo,
  • Micaela Maritti,
  • Luisa Marchioni,
  • Maria Rosaria Capobianchi,
  • Concetta Castilletti,
  • Maria Grazia Cusi,
  • Emanuele Nicastri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.211920
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 4
pp. 865 – 869

Abstract

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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.

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