Dengue Can be Spread Sexually

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Dengue virus warning: Sickness could be spread by sex after shock find 

            
                        A MAN who contracted Dengue fever after a 
trip to Thailand had the virus in his semen, even after he had healed 
from the illness, pointing to troubling new evidence that the disease, 
like Zika, can be contracted sexually.
            
            
                
                                        
                                                    By
                        
                                                Joe Gamp
                                                                    
                                        
                        
                        
                                                        PUBLISHED: 
                            16:15, Sun, May 6, 2018
                        
                                                
                        
                            | UPDATED: 16:29, Sun, May 6, 2018
A study by the National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) detected the presence of the virus in an Italian man’s sperm.  
Dengue fever is caused by the Dengue virus and is usually contracted through mosquitoes. There is no cure for the illness.
The
 Dengue virus is part of the Flaviviridae family, the same scientific 
system that includes other viruses like Zika, Yellow Fever and 
encephalaitis, with extreme symptoms including neurological disorders, 
heart disease and liver failure. 
The bite of a mosquito carrying the Zika virus can cause birth 
defects in babies as the virus can be passed from a pregnant woman to 
her foetus. Men can also pass the virus through their semen.
And now, like Zika, a new risk of men passing Dengue fever through sexual intercourse could become a reality.The
 study, published in Eurosurveillance , shows for the first time the 
presence of the Dengue virus in the semen of a man who had recently 
healed following a recent infection with dengue
Researchers at INMI found that the 
virus persists in active replication in the seminal fluid and in 
particular in its cellular fraction up to 37 days after the onset of 
symptoms.  
Tests were performed at the Institute's 
virology laboratory using molecular biology techniques on the 
50-year-old man, who returned from Thailand in January 2018 with the 
infection. 
Dengue
 fever’s symptoms include arthralgia, asthenia and nausea. The unnamed 
man still displayed symptoms after the ninth day of infection. 
Further
 virological investigations were performed on semen and urine samples. 
Semen is said to be able to hold up to 27 viruses at one time. 
The institute's findings highlight the possibility of transmitting 
DENV through sexual intercourse, which could play a role in an infection
 spreading to non-endemic areas. 
Previously, no similar cases had
 been reported, that fact that in 2016 alone, 2,601 travel-associated 
dengue cases were reported to The European Surveillance System (TESSy) 
at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). 
However, the findings are yet to be corroborated. Further
 studies are yet to be carried out, in order to quantify and clarify the
 implications of genital shedding of DENV for non-vector sexual 
transmission.

Source:   https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/955976/dengue-fever-warning-sexually-transmitted-disease

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	Dengue virus warning: Sickness could be spread by sex after shock find A MAN who contracted Dengue fever after a trip to Thailand had the virus in his semen, even after he had healed from the illness, pointing to troubling new evidence that the disease, like Zika, can be contracted sexually. By Joe Gamp PUBLISHED: 16:15, Sun, May 6, 2018 \| UPDATED: 16:29, Sun, May 6, 2018 A study by the National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) detected the presence of the virus in an Italian man’s sperm. Dengue fever is caused by the Dengue virus and is usually contracted through mosquitoes. There is no cure for the illness. The Dengue virus is part of the Flaviviridae family, the same scientific system that includes other viruses like Zika, Yellow Fever and encephalaitis, with extreme symptoms including neurological disorders, heart disease and liver failure. The bite of a mosquito carrying the Zika virus can cause birth defects in babies as the virus can be passed from a pregnant woman to her foetus. Men can also pass the virus through their semen. And now, like Zika, a new risk of men passing Dengue fever through sexual intercourse could become a reality. The study, published in Eurosurveillance , shows for the first time the presence of the Dengue virus in the semen of a man who had recently healed following a recent infection with dengue Researchers at INMI found that the virus persists in active replication in the seminal fluid and in particular in its cellular fraction up to 37 days after the onset of symptoms. Tests were performed at the Institute's virology laboratory using molecular biology techniques on the 50-year-old man, who returned from Thailand in January 2018 with the infection. Dengue fever’s symptoms include arthralgia, asthenia and nausea. The unnamed man still displayed symptoms after the ninth day of infection. Further virological investigations were performed on semen and urine samples. Semen is said to be able to hold up to 27 viruses at one time. The institute's findings highlight the possibility of transmitting DENV through sexual intercourse, which could play a role in an infection spreading to non-endemic areas. Previously, no similar cases had been reported, that fact that in 2016 alone, 2,601 travel-associated dengue cases were reported to The European Surveillance System (TESSy) at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). However, the findings are yet to be corroborated. Further studies are yet to be carried out, in order to quantify and clarify the implications of genital shedding of DENV for non-vector sexual transmission. Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/955976/dengue-fever-warning-sexually-transmitted-disease
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	Dengue = 37 days without sex....not sure stopping that route of spread is going to work so well. Maybe the first few days when feeling rotten and weak from the fever, but 37 days, NO way.

Dengue Can be Spread Sexually

Dengue virus warning: Sickness could be spread by sex after shock find

A MAN who contracted Dengue fever after a trip to Thailand had the virus in his semen, even after he had healed from the illness, pointing to troubling new evidence that the disease, like Zika, can be contracted sexually.