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Sex After a Field Trip Yields Scientific Discovery

Posted by samzenpus on from the congratulations-on-your-infection dept.

sciencehabit writes "A US vector biologist appears to have accidentally written virological history simply by having sex with his wife after returning from a field trip to Senegal. A study just released in Emerging Infectious Diseases suggests that the researcher, Brian Foy of Colorado State University, passed to his wife the Zika virus, an obscure pathogen that causes joint pains and extreme fatigue. If so, it would be the first documented case of sexual transmission of an insect-borne disease. The curious case also solves a viral mystery that's been going on for years."

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  1. Inquiring minds want to know... by Moderator · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many of Mr. Foy's female graduate assistants were tested for the disease?

    For all we know, there could be an outbreak going on right now at the CSU campus.

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    1. Re:Inquiring minds want to know... by tehcyder · · Score: 3, Funny

      Assuming your penis is small enough to pleasure an insect the correct term would probably be entomonality. FYI, arachnids are not insects; arachnids have eight legs, insects have six.

      I always thought I was broadminded, but I draw the line at shagging tarantulas. That's just wrong.

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  2. I'm willing.... by Lord_of_the_nerf · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...to act as a control if you want.

    I'll be in the booth with no disease and Christina Hendricks. For science of course.

    1. Re:I'm willing.... by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

      You already are in the "no sex" control group. Thanks for your contribution.

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    2. Re:I'm willing.... by syousef · · Score: 5, Funny

      You already are in the "no sex" control group. Thanks for your contribution.

      It might not be valid scientifically but so is Brian Foy, for the foreseeable future I would think.

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  3. Great discovery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Since every new discovery has to be proven by third party, I'm looking for some female volunteers.

  4. Re:Nice job by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Add to this all the inconvenience of being followed around all day by researchers documenting her every move, hoping to catch any mating procedures on film.

  5. Re:blood transmittable implies sexually transmitta by theshowmecanuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    What if what really happened is he gave his wife Senegalese crabs?

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  6. Re:Who was having sex with whom again? by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Both the doctor and student got the disease from insects in Senegal. The doctor returned home and infected his wife. But, being a grad student, even if he did screw his wife the doctor would still get the credit.

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  7. Uh... by bmo · · Score: 3, Funny

    "If so, it would be the first documented case of sexual transmission of an insect-borne disease. "

    There's a skeeter on my peter, whack it off
    There's another on my brother, whack it off
    There's a dozen on my cousin's
    I can hear the bastards buzzin'
    There's a skeeter on my peter, whack it off
    - John Valby

    Sung by Boy Scouts around campfires everywhere since 1960

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    1. Re:Uh... by Kozz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hmm. I think you and I must have gone to very different Boy Scout camps. (The difference is probably some kind of lawsuit).

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