Prolonged detection of Zika virus RNA in urine samples during the ongoing Zika virus epidemic in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-70

  De M Campos, Renata ^a   Cirne Santos, Claudio ^a   Meira, Guilherme L S ^a   Santos, Luana L R ^a   De Meneses, Marcelo D ^a,b   Friedrich, Johannes ^c   Jansen, Stephanie ^c   Ribeiro, Mário S ^a,b   Da Cruz, Igor C ^b   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^d   Ferreira, Davis F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Noel Nutels Central Laboratory (LACEN)   (Brazil)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d Bernhard Nocht Inst for Trop Med   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AMPLICON; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; URINE; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS;

BRAZIL; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84959278079     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.02.009     Document Type: Letter

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