Is it exclusively a female disease? Because I’ve never heard of a man contracting it.
Nope, there is just more talk about affects relating to pregnancy.
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.
Yes men get it and transmit it sexually for weeks or months ( maybe longer) after infection
It equally affect men and women. Both can cause the other to become infected through bodily fluid exchange.
It becomes most apparent when a pregnant woman gives birth and you see the baby.
it’s been found to be persistent in male semen. There are several suspected cases of zika being sexually transmitted as well as mosquito transmitted
https://www.statnews.com/2016/02/12/zika-semen/
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/16-0107_article