| Literature DB >> 27494130 |
Rodrigo Pessôa1, João Veras Patriota, Maria de Lourdes de Souza, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Sabri Saeed Sanabani.
Abstract
Advantages of testing for Zika virus (ZIKV) in urine have been reported, such as the persistence of ZIKV in this type of specimen for up to 20 days after ZIKV disease onset. We investigate 61 patients in the first 5 days post-symptom onset and find more patients testing positive for ZIKV in plasma samples (n=46), than in corresponding urine samples (n=37). For patients respectively testing positive in both plasma and urine (n=28), respective viral loads appeared similar. This article is copyright of The Authors, 2016.Entities:
Keywords: Zika virus; early detection; real-time RT-PCR; urine
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27494130 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.30.30302
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Euro Surveill ISSN: 1025-496X