No , not exclusively a female disease .
There is evidence of a case in Texas where a male who contracted the virus on his travels, exchanged his bodily fluids with his homosexual partner who then contracted the virus , also.
In many cases the virus affects the developing fetus with severe neurological, developmental, and physical problems.
There is evidence that the virus may remain viable and undetected for as much as 60 days or more in the male sexual gonads.
A man recently died of the virus , can’t remember where , PR maybe