Zika virus infection and prolonged viremia in whole-blood specimens

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 863-865

  Mansuy, Jean Michel ^a   Mengelle, Catherine ^a   Pasquier, Christophe ^a,b,c   Chapuy Regaud, Sabine ^a,b,c   Delobel, Pierre ^a,b,c   Martin Blondel, Guillaume ^a,b   Izopet, Jacques ^a,b,c  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85018636041     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2305.161631     Document Type: Letter

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