| Literature DB >> 26987769 |
Luisa Barzon1, Monia Pacenti, Alessandro Berto, Alessandro Sinigaglia, Elisa Franchin, Enrico Lavezzo, Pierluigi Brugnaro, Giorgio Palù.
Abstract
We report the isolation of infectious Zika virus (ZIKV) in cell culture from the saliva of a patient who developed a febrile illness after returning from the Dominican Republic to Italy, in January 2016. The patient had prolonged shedding of viral RNA in saliva and urine, at higher load than in blood, for up to 29 days after symptom onset. Sequencing of ZIKV genome showed relatedness with strains from Latin America.Entities:
Keywords: Zika virus; diagnosis; genome sequencing; saliva; transmission; virus isolation
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26987769 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.10.30159
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Euro Surveill ISSN: 1025-496X