More viruses that are sexually transmitted

New research found that for 27 different virus may remain intact in the seminal fluid and thus be transferred to another person, even though not all of them have been confirmed as sexually transmitted diseases. The study was triggered by the recent discovery of an RNA virus Zika in the semen of infected carriers of the virus.

Scientists dig 3,800 scientific articles on the problem of the relationship between sperm and viruses. It turned out that there is evidence for 27 viruses, including Zika said that could remain intact enough to infect the blood of the recipient.

Some, such as HIV, Ebola and hepatitis are not surprising. But others have not been studied in the light of her role as sex before infection. It is important to note that catching the virus is not the same thing as the development of infection from it and there is no guarantee that viremia or the presence of viruses in the blood will become a fully developed viral infection and disease.

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