Persistence of Zika virus in conjunctival fluid of convalescence patients

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tan, Jeslin J L ^a   Balne, Praveen K ^b,c   Leo, Yee Sin ^b,d   Tong, Louis ^b,c,e,f   Ng, Lisa F P ^a,g   Agrawal, Rupesh ^b,c,d  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^f DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SINGAPORE; TEARS; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85029228842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09479-5     Document Type: Article

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