Detection of Zika virus RNA in whole blood of imported Zika virus disease cases up to 2 months after symptom onset, Israel, December 2015 to April 2016

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 26, 2016, Pages

  Lustig, Yaniv ^a   Mendelson, E ^a,b   Paran, N ^c   Melamed, S ^c   Schwartz, E ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; BLOOD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; URINE; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84977534630     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.26.30269     Document Type: Article

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