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Is Zika Virus Sexually Transmitted?: WHO

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for a thorough investigation of reports the Zika virus has been sexually transmitted. Image: The Director of the Pan American Health Organization Dr. Carissa Etienne, left, at a Zika summit in Montevideo,


Health officials in the United States say it is likely a patient there contracted the virus through sexual contact with someone who had travelled in Venezuela.

 

 


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