Zika virus in the testes: should we be worried?

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2017 , Vol. 8 >Issue 3: 162 - 164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13238-016-0357-3

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Zika virus in the testes: should we be worried?

Gary Wong ¹^,² ,
Shihua Li ² ,
Lei Liu ¹ ,
Yingxia Liu ¹ ,
Yuhai Bi ^,¹^,²

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¹. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, State Key Discipline of Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
². CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Published date: 21 Mar 2017

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Gary Wong , Shihua Li , Lei Liu , Yingxia Liu , Yuhai Bi . Zika virus in the testes: should we be worried?[J]. Protein & Cell, 2017 , 8(3) : 162 -164 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-016-0357-3

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